- Title: Security tightened in Davao following blast that killed 14 people
- Date: 4th September 2016
- Summary: DAVAO CITY. PHILIPPINES (SEPTEMBER 4, 2016) (REUTERS) POLICE OFFICERS INSPECTING MOTORCYCLE RIDERS AT CHECKPOINT POLICE OFFICER INSPECTING JEEPNEY PASSENGERS POLICE OFFICERS WATCHING VEHICLES PASSING BY POLICE OFFICER INSPECTING VEHICLES AT CHECKPOINT POLICE OFFICER INSPECTING MOTORCYCLE RIDER MOTORCYCLE RIDER DISMOUNTING POLICE OFFICERS INSPECTING VEHICLE (SOUNDBITE) (Filipino) POLICE INVESTIGATOR, MARIA GAZMAN, SAYING: "This is one of our heightened security measures. Those who are entering and leaving Davao City are being inspected. Cars, motorcycles, everything will be checked without exemptions." SOLDIERS SITTING ON MOTORCYCLES DAVAO MILITARY STICKER, SOLDIER SITTING ON MOTORCYCLE SOLDIERS SITTING ON MOTORCYCLES SOLDIERS STANDING ON SIDEWALK WITH RIFLES SOLDIER HOLDING RIFLE FLORAL TRIBUTES AT BLAST SITE WITH BANNER READING (English) "#GIVE PEACE A CHANCE" FLOWERS AT BLAST SITE PLACARD READING (English): "THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS OF TERRORISM IS HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THE VICTIMS TO STAND UP. WE WILL STAND UP NOW." FLOWER OFFERINGS NOTE READING (English): "STAY STRONG DAVAO" CROWD IN FRONT OF BLAST SITE LIT CANDLE IN FRONT OF BLAST SITE RESIDENTS IN FRONT OF BLAST VICTIM'S HOUSE VARIOUS OF FUNERAL NOTE PRAYER HANDBOOKS SISTER OF DAVAO BLAST VICTIM, CONSUELA BARUGAY, STANDING IN FRONT OF COFFIN BARUGAY LOOKING OVER COFFIN FUNERAL MESSAGES ON COFFIN (SOUNDBITE) (Visayan) SISTER OF DAVAO BLAST VICTIM, CONSUELA BARUGAY, SAYING: "We want justice. I want to know who did this to my poor sister." MAN CONSOLING CRYING CHILD FAMILY MEMBERS INSIDE FUNERAL PARLOUR POSTERS AND NOTE READING (English): "IN MEMORY OF CHRISTIAN DENVER"
- Embargoed: 19th September 2016 08:28
- Keywords: blast Rodrigo Duterte victims security checkpoint justice
- Location: DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES
- City: DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES
- Country: Philippines
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
- Reuters ID: LVA0014Y5GE2T
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Security was tightened in Davao City on Sunday (September 4), two days after a blast that tore through a packed street market, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens others.
President Rodrigo Duterte declared a "state of lawlessness" and ordered heightened security measures, including more police and military presence, a few hours after Friday's (September 2) explosion.
Police checkpoints have been set up around Davao's entry and exit points, while soldiers on motorcycles patrol the city.
"This is one of our heightened security measures. Those who are entering and leaving Davao City are being inspected. Cars, motorcycles, everything will be checked without exemptions", said police investigator Maria Gazman.
Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said more than 60 people were wounded in the blast and were sent to various hospitals in the city.
Family members of the victims have called on Duterte for justice.
"We want justice. I want to know who did this to my poor sister," said Consuela Barugay, whose sister was caught in the blast and on the eve of her 60th birthday.
Duterte is hugely popular in Davao, having served as its mayor for more than 22 years before his stunning national election win in May, garnered from the popularity of a promised war on drugs.
His election has prompted a spike in drug-related killings, with more than 2,000 deaths since he took office on June 30, nearly half of them in police operations.
Davao is located in Mindanao, a large island beset by decades of Muslim insurgency. The region is also home to Abu Sayyaf, a rebel group loosely linked to Islamic State and notorious for making tens of millions of dollars from kidnappings. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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