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Sultan Kudarat bombing death toll rises to 3

Military and police bomb experts look for fragments of a homemade bomb that ent office at street festival Tuesday night, August 28, 2018 in the southern town of Isulan in Mindanao. Suspected pro Islamic State militants detonated a homemade bomb, leaving one dead and 35 others wounded, nearly a month after they also set off a car bomb that left eleven people dead in the Island province of Basilan. / Jeoffrey Maitem Inquirer Mindanao

Authorities hunt bombers in deadly Sultan Kudarat festival blast

A victim of the deadly bombing in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday who was left comatose, has died, bringing the number of fatalities to three as of Thursday morning.

The victim identified as Wel Mark John Lapidez died while in a hospital after his head was hit by shrapnel, according to a report from dzMM.

An improvised bomb exploded in the area at around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday in front of J and H Marketing in Barangay Kalawag, according to police.

At least 35 others, including soldiers from the 33rd Infantry Battalion were injured in to the incident. /muf

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