- Title: PHILIPPINES: MILITANTS FIRE GRENADES AT MANILA OIL OFFICE
- Date: 5th November 2004
- Summary: (U1)MANILA, PHILIPPINES (NOVEMBER 5, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. SV BYSTANDERS LOOKING AT CALTEX BUILDING, WHICH WAS TARGETTED IN THE GRENADE ATTACK 0.05 2. CU SHATTERED WINDOW 0.10 3. SLV MORE OF CALTEX BUILDING 0.16 4. SLV POLICE CAR IN FRONT OF BUILDING 0.22 5. SV CALTEX EMPLOYEES WALKING AWAY FROM BUILDING 0.25 6. LV OF POLICE CAR 0.29 7. MCU (English) SOUTHERN POLICE DISTRICT CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT, WILFREDO GARCIA SAYING: "We cannot yet conclusively pinpoint this to any terrorist group. However, we are still investigating all angles and one thing sure is that the perpetrators of this incident are those that is against price increase." 0.54 8. TILT DOWN SHOT OF BUILDING 1.07 9. SV SIGN OF PETRON BUILDING 1.12 10. SV POLICE ENTERING PETRON BUILDING 1.19 11. CU OF SHATTERED WINDOWS (2 SHOTS) 1.30 12. LV/SV POLICE IN FRONT OF BUILDING (2 SHOTS) 1.44 13. LAS MORE OF PETRON BUILDING 1.49 14. CU PRICE LIST OF GASOLINE PRODUCTS AT PETRON GASOLINE STATION 1.53 15. SLV OF PETRON GASOLINE STATION 2.04 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
- Country: Philippines
- Reuters ID: LVA626V1PNU57KUTG49155U4IKXK
- Story Text: Militants fire grenades at Manila oil offices.
Philippine police and witnesses said militants
angry at sharp rises in fuel prices fired grenades at the
offices of two oil firms in Manila's financial district on
Friday (November 5) morning, but the missiles failed to
explode.
The attacks on the offices of Caltex Philippines, the
local unit of U.S. firm Caltex, and Philippine oil company
Petron Corp were similar to an incident earlier this year
that was blamed by police on leftist rebels.
"We cannot yet conclusively pinpoint this to any
terrorist group," said Southern Police District Chief
Superintendent Wilfredo Garcia.
"However, we are still investigating all angles and one
thing sure is that the perpetrators of this incident are
those that is against price increase."
Police said they would beef up security in the Makati
business district from Friday by putting up checkpoints and
deploying specialist troops in the area.
In April, three men fired a rocket-propelled grenade at
the Manila headquarters of oil firm Pilipinas Shell
Petroleum Corp, the local unit of oil giant Royal
Dutch/Shell group, and sprayed the building with bullets,
but there were no casualties.
Spiralling world crude prices have pushed inflation to
five-year highs above 7 percent this year in the
Philippines, which imports nearly all of its oil needs.
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