Fourteen people were wounded in a pipe bomb blast in Quiapo, Manila police said Saturday, but authorities dismissed any link to an Asian leaders’ meeting under way in the capital. ADVERTISEMENTShe described the device as a “homemade pipe bomb” stuffed with low-grade explosives, like the ones used to make firecrackers. READ: Explosion rocks Quiapo, injuring at least 11 peopleNo one has been arrested. “The incident is not in any way connected to or directed (at) the ongoing ASEAN summit,” Ernesto Abella, spokesman for President Rodrigo Duterte, said in a statement. Of the 14 people hurt, six were treated for minor wounds and sent home, while eight others remain in hospital, two of them with serious injuries, Molitas said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 29, 2017 07:41 UTC