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2 Dipolog kids playing with rifle grenade killed in explosion
Two children aged 8 and 5 years were killed Thursday when the rifle grenade they were playing exploded, police said.
Interviewed on Dobol B sa News TV, Police Lieutenant Colonel Gilzen Niño Manese, Dipolog City police chief, said the incident occurred around 9 a.m.
He said the victims' father was outside the house attending to their "ukay-ukay" business when he heard an explosion inside the children's room.
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"Ang negosyo kasi nito ay ukay-ukay so kung makikita mo yung bahay magulo, maraming mga gamit. Sa investigation namin, naitago yung rifle grenade ng tatay," Manese said.
Manese said the children's grandfather was a retired policeman.
"So most probably meron silang mga savings nung una pa na hindi nila na-dispose o nai-turnover sa PNP (Philippine National Police)," he said. —KBK, GMA News