(AFP) –Two explosions in Manila on Saturday night killed at least two people and injured four others, police and witnesses said.
An initial blast occurred around 6:00 pm (1000 GMT) near a Muslim mosque in Quiapo, one of the older parts of Manila where there are big slums, a police report said.
That blast killed two and injured four, according to the report.
A second explosion occurred in the same area around 8:30 pm, according to an AFP photographer who was among a group of journalists near the scene.
The second explosion did not cause major damage to any of the shops or other buildings on the street, according to the AFP photographer.
But it appeared to injure a policeman who was inspecting the body of one of the victims of the first blast, according to witnesses.
National Capital Region Police Office chief, Oscar Albayalde, said in a radio interview prior to the second blast that investigators have discarded the terrorism angle.
He said an ongoing clan war was a possible motive.
Another explosion ripped through Quiapo on April 29, as Southeast Asian leaders were meeting for a summit.
The blast injured 14 people.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for that explosion, but police also said it was not a terrorist attack, nor was it related in any way to the gathering of political leaders.
They said people involved in a private grievance used a pipe bomb in that blast.
Militants who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group are based in the south of the country, more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) from Manila.
Those militants mainly operate there, although they have been blamed for terrorists attacks in Manila.
The Abu Sayyaf group, which is most infamous for kidnapping foreigners and killing them if ransoms are not paid, was blamed for the bombing of a ferry in Manila Bay in 2004 that killed more than 116 people.
