2017 Quiapo bombings

Philippine National Police (PNP) National Capital Region Director Oscar Albayalde confirmed the explosion which was caused by a pipe bomb made with powder used in pyrotechnics, but ruled out terror as a motive behind the incident. Albayalde said it had nothing to do with any terror groups or the ASEAN Summit and that an initial and ongoing investigation by the Manila Police District suggests a connection to a local gang war.[4][5]

On April 29, 2017, the PNP said that revenge was the motive of the attack. The police said that the suspect was a father exacting revenge on three individuals who mauled his child, a minor, on April 26, 2017. The minor was blamed for theft, after a thief was caught in the area on that day.[6][7]

PNP NCR Director Oscar Albayalde said the first explosion originated from a package delivered to the office of Atty. Nasser Abinal, president of the Imamate Islamic Center in Quiapo.[3] Before that, at 17:53:05, a motorcycle driver arrives at the scene carrying the bomb disguised as the package. That package was for Abinal. The bomb goes off as Abinal's aide, Muhammad Baniga, receives the package. Two people killed in resulting explosion, including the motorcycle driver and Muhammad Baniga.[1]

The second explosion, almost the same spot of the first explosion,[1] he said, took place while they were wrapping up a media briefing on the earlier explosion. Two police officers were injured in the explosion. The regional police ordered a lockdown on the area while a bomb-inspecting robot was deployed to ensure that a third blast would not occur.[3]