More than a thousand residents and local leaders gathered at the blast site along Roxas avenue here to light candles and offer prayers for the victims on Saturday afternoon, September 3.
General Santos City Mayor Ronnel Rivera denounced the incident he described as "senseless".
Davao del Norte governor Anthony del Rosario sent his sympathies and condoled with the Davao blast victims which resulted to the death of 14 individuals and injured more than 60 others.
Philippine National Police Chief, Director General Ronald dela Rosa said the Davao night market blast may be a diversionary tactic on the intense anti-illegal campaign of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Human rights group Amnesty International and the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Saturday, September 3, urged President Rodrigo Duterte to respond to the deadly Davao blast “with peace and not with more violations of human rights.”