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Glorietta 2 mall blast victim dies in hospital, toll now at 11


A person who was seriously injured at the Glorietta 2 mall blast has died at the Ospital ng Makati, bringing to 11 the total fatalities from Friday's explosion, radio dzBB reported Sunday. The report initially identified the victim as Ricardo Petras, 24, who died at 2:43 a.m., Sunday. DzBB quoted Dr Victor Tapco as saying that Petras could have died due to massive blood loss. An autopsy would be performed on the body of the victim, the report said. On Saturday night, the body of the 10th fatality was found at the blast site. The remains were positively identified by relatives as that of IT employee Maureen de Leon, 24, who was earlier reported missing by the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC). She was found among the debris in one of the locations damaged by the powerful blast. The PNRC has to look for three other persons reported missing after the bloody explosion at the mall. Radio dzBB on Saturday quoted a certain "Ms Jenny" from the Red Cross as saying that the three have not yet showed up after the incident. She said they were not also included in the list of patients who were treated in hospitals after the blast. The report said that according to relatives, the missing persons went to Glorietta but failed to go back home after the blast. DzBB said the Red Cross clarified that when it reported that the persons were "missing," it did not mean that the latter were assumed trapped inside the mall, amid piles of debris. Gonzales warning Also on Saturday, National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales said the deadly blast at Glorietta 2 mall appeared to be “a sample" as he warned of more attacks in key cities in the country. Hours after Gonzales’s warning, an explosion rocked Iligan City early Saturday evening and at least three people were reported killed. The blast that occurred around 6:30 p.m. at a political meeting in Digkilaan, Iligan City, was reportedly caused by a grenade. ''What is more ominous here is they may be planning a bigger attack,'' Gonzales said on Vice President Noli de Castro's weekly radio program Saturday. ''They will first show a sample. That means that while the bomb yesterday (Friday) already was powerful, it is still just a sample,'' Gonzales said. In a separate radio interview, Gonzales said the attack on Glorietta 2 shopping complex was likely a “fund-raising" activity of terrorist groups. Gonzales said that based on one of the intelligence reports that the government received, a terrorist group was raising funds and needed to convince prospective donors. “Isang intelligence report, may terrorist group nagpa-fund raising. Kung hindi ka magaling walang popondo sa iyo. May ganyang reports a few days before the bombing (One of the intelligence reports we received was that a terrorist group is raising funds. If you can’t show you mean business, you cannot get funds)," Gonzales said in an interview on dzRH radio. - GMANews.TV
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