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.”
These students are among the residents who lit candles and offered prayers on Saturday afternoon, September 3, along Roxas avenue for the victim of the blast on Friday night. More than a thousand Davaoeños and local officials gathered for a memorial mass led by Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles and City Mayor Sara Duterte. (Maria Patricia C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)
Members of the militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) across the country held a nationally-coordinated candle lighting ceremony on Saturday afternoon, September 3 to express solidarity with Davao and to demand justice and show sympathy for the victims of the deadly explosion incident.
The Police Regional Office 11 said there is no suspect yet in the blast that killed at least 13 and wounded several others at the night market in Roxas street here Friday night, September 2.
Families grieve as they identify their kins killed in the blast that rocked the busy night market along Roxas street here Friday night, September 2. (Maria Patricia. C. Borromeo/davaotoday.com)
President Rodrigo Duterte declared on Saturday, September 3, a state of lawlessness following the explosion past 10:00 pm Friday night, September 2 at Roxas Street, a known place for Davao’s night market.
