Explosion, 'suspected bomb' in Philippine capital before Marcos speech
National Police Chief Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. told reporters on Monday (July 27, 2026) there was a "big possibility or probability that the two (incidents) are related". Philippine President Marcos calls for an emergency meeting after chaos and shooting at SenateHe said that, while police had contingency plans for "bomb threats, actual bombings and other [things], something got past us and exploded in front of the Department of Justice". It was not immediately clear how large the early morning blast had been.
- ▪National Police Chief Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. told reporters on Monday (July 27, 2026) there was a "big possibility or probability that the two (incidents) are related".
- ▪Philippine President Marcos calls for an emergency meeting after chaos and shooting at SenateHe said that, while police had contingency plans for "bomb threats, actual bombings and other [things], something got past us and exploded in front
- ▪It was not immediately clear how large the early morning blast had been.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 2 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Explosion, 'suspected bomb' in Philippine capital before Marcos speech — Channel NewsAsia
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A homemade bomb detonated near the entrance of the Philippine Justice Ministry early on Monday (July 27, 2026), officials said, hours before a suspected unexploded device was found near the country's Senate.The explosion occured just after midnight, which resulted in no casualties, and the discovery of the second suspected bomb came hours before Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was due to give an annual state of the nation address. National Police Chief Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. told reporters on Monday (July 27, 2026) there was a "big possibility or probability that the two (incidents) are related".
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