FLASHand Pikit grenade blast hurts 4

(UPDATE) PIKIT, North Cotabato - At least four persons were wounded when unidentified suspects, riding tandem on a motorbike, hurled a hand grenade in front of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) here at past 7 p.m. tonight.An Army spot report said the explosion was caused by an M-79 grenade fired from a distance.Reports said the grenade exploded at the main entrance of the Church and left at least four persons. They were having a prayer meeting inside the UCCP Church when a grenade landed at the Church's main door at about 7:25 p.m.Tahira Kalantongan, Pikit social welfare officer, said the victims were rushed to various clinics in town.Wounded were identified as Jeremias Dandan, Virgie Manolid, Felimina Ferolin and Gina Cabiluna. Ferolin and Manolid are in critical condition, police reports said.Two of the victims were rushed to Kidapawan City, two in Pikit hospital and another in Midsayap hospital.Police and military bomb expertare still investigating in the blast scene.