Bloody Friday Mall Bombing Tragedy

Posted by karlom87 on October 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment 

A mall in the country’s financial capital was bombed today.

It was 3 in the afternoon when I chanced upon the news headline on the computer’s screen. I didn’t recognize it at first, thinking it was about Pakistan and the bombing that marked Benazir Bhutto’s return.

I read the report again. “Mall bomb blast kills 8, hurts more than 100,” the latest headline said. Chilling, I thought. The last time I remember something like this happen was that harrowing December 26 bombing of the MRT a few years back.

Horrifying, both tragedies are. One difference, however, has to do with the speed in which assorted information on the present tragedy has been spreading. Manuel Quezon III’s blog rounds up many of such narratives.

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