UPDATE:
Philippine presidential palace says blast not bomb
20 Feb 2006 04:52:21 GMT
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN297637.htm
MANILA, Feb 20 (Reuters) - An explosion on the grounds of the Philippine presidential palace on Monday was probably caused by chemicals in a trash bin set off by a lit cigarette, not a bomb, the head of security told reporters.
"Nobody was injured," press undersecretary Isabel de Leon told reporters, adding President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was inside the palace at the time.
The army tightened security on Sunday after finding a bomb in its top military academy, one of the alleged targets of a plot to overthrow and possibly kill Arroyo, who survived an impeachment attempt last year over allegations of vote-rigging and graft.
"probably caused by chemicals in a trash bin set off by a lit cigarette"
I normally would read the entire thread to see if this point has already been made but it was a bad weekend and I'm feeling lazy.
Chemicals in a trash bin -- would that be like fertilizer and diesel in a barrel?
Set of by a lit cigarette -- or any other source of a spark?
And the head of the force investigating the explosion is named BANGIT???