Philippines: Hand Grenade Thrown at Restaurant

TRIPwire, 12 July 2019

On 11 July 2019 at approximately 0040 hours local time, a hand grenade detonated after a male suspect threw the ordnance in front of a restaurant in Quezon City. No casualties were sustained and the restaurant was undamaged, while two vehicles sustained minor damage. Investigators recovered a safety lever, a striker spring, and fragments from an MK2 grenade at the scene. Authorities did not establish a motive for the attack.