Description
According to police reports, a car explosion occurred at 2:35am on February 18, Tuesday. Based on investigations, the car that exploded was owned by The STAR photojournalist Michael Varcas, which was parked right outside of his residence in Brgy. Pinyahan in Quezon City, Manila.
Varcas told reporters that he heard motorcycle arriving in front of his apartment before the explosion. He initially thought they were robbers but reconsidered the thought after they left.
Varcas said that he thinks the bombing was due to some of the recent photos he had taken which received a few interesting reactions from netizens.
Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
No
Position in media
Photographer
Status of journalists
Full time
Gender
Male
Age
Data not collected
Country
NCR – National Capital Region
Full name or name of group
Unidentified
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Unknown
Gender
Unknown
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Type of incident
Attack on equipment and personal belonging/other properties of media
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