EDSA Bus Explosion - 4 People Dead

Bus Bomb Explosion at EDSA - At least four people were killed and scores were injured when a bomb exploded on a crowded bus in the Philippine capital’s financial district on Tuesday.The attack occurred two months after the United States and several other Western governments warned a terrorist attack in Manila was imminent, and followed a bus hijacking last year that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead.

“The area has been secured and investigators are at the scene. We are being updated should there be any change to these preliminary reports. NCRPO Chief Bartolome confirms two dead and 15 injured at around 2pm today. Casualties have been brought to two nearby hospitals,” Lacierda said.

As of 5pm, the PNP has accounted 4 dead and 14 injured in the EDSA bus explosion.

The driver, who survived the attack unscathed, said at least two men who acted strangely quickly got off the bus just moments before the explosion.

“They were moving from one seat to another although we had no idea there was an explosive aboard,” the driver, Maximo Peligro, told reporters.