Bar bomber hired goon, says SC probe exec By Benjamin B. Pulta 10/12/2010

.Bar bomber hired goon, says SC probe exec
By Benjamin B. Pulta 10/12/2010

Investigators of the grenade explosion during the recent Bar exams in Manila say the attack was possibly done by hired goons, a court official said.

Deputy Court Administrator Raul Villanueva said the probe panel formed by the Supreme Court has already ruled out possibilities that the attack was part of destabilization efforts against the government or that it eyed at injuring a member of the powerful Ampatuan clan, Datu Mohammad Abdul.

In a press conference after a closed-door meeting of the committee Villanueva said it was found that the perpetrators were experts based on assessment of the National Bureau of Investigation.

“The perpetrators knew what they were doing or were at least prepared by erasing the serial number of grenade so as not to leave possible source of identification,” he explained.

The SC official, quoting the NBI report, said the culprits deliberately erased the serial number usually placed on the handle of the grenade.

“It’s possible that professionals were behind the explosion or they were hired by a group or some persons to do it,” he stressed.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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