North Cotabato grenade attack hurts woman

ALEOSAN, North
Cotabato -- Police here have launched a manhunt against two men
who tossed a hand grenade along the national highway here Sunday night that
injured a woman.

We are pursuing
a lead, hopefully it will result to the identification, arrest and prosecution
of the suspects, Senior Inspector Edwin Abantes, Aleosan town police chief,
said Monday.

He identified
the victim as Arlen Tamanal, resident of Barangay Pagangan, Aleosan.

Tamanal was
walking toward a roadside variety store when the suspects, on board a
motorbike, arrived. One of the suspects
pulled a hand grenade and lobbed it toward Tamanal.

She sustained minor
injuries in her hands and is getting medical attention at the Aleosan District
Hospital.

Abantes said
investigators are looking at land conflict as possible motive of the attack.