MAGSINGAL, Ilocos Sur – A 64year-old fisherman died Saturday when the homemade dynamite he was carrying exploded near the shorelines of Barangay Puro in Magsingal, Ilocos Sur.
Senior Inspector Lucio Desierto, Magsingal town chief of police, said the victim, Rufino Tiqui, succumbed to severe body injuries while undergoing treatment in a hospital here.
Police learned that the victim was about to sail when the dynamite he apparently prepared for fishing suddenly exploded killing him.
Concerned residents brought the fisherman to the nearby hospital but to no avail. (Freddie G. Lazaro)
Read more at http://www.tempo.com.ph/2013/07/01/dynamite-blast-claims-fishermans-life-in-ilocos/#LvGhH2fdHfYV2MjV.99
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