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Twin blasts rock Cotabato City, Maguindanao ahead of midterm vote

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">2 pagsabog ang naitala ilang oras bago ang <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halalan2019</a> sa Cotabato City. Narito ang update mula kay Lore Mae Andong. <a href="https://t.co/DTU1cw2thN">pic.twitter.com/DTU1cw2thN</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1127699011941457920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>MANILA - Two explosions rocked the southern city of Cotabato and neighboring Maguindanao province hours before polls opened for Monday&#x27;s midterm polls. </p><p>A 40 mm grenade ripped through a children&#x27;s park outside the city hall in Barangay Mother Rosary Heights, Cotabato City around 10 p.m. Sunday, police said. </p><p>Around 1 a.m. Monday, a fragmentation grenade exploded near the municipal hall in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao. </p><p>No one was injured in both incidents. </p><p>Electoral contests in the Philippines have always been bloody, with dozens, including candidates and their supporters, getting killed in the fierce competition for posts that are a source of wealth in a nation with deep poverty.</p><p>Police are on full alert to safeguard Monday&#x27;s balloting as the bloody trend continued this year, with 14 dead and 14 wounded in &quot;election-related violent incidents&quot; since January. </p><div><strong>With report from Lore Mae Andong, ABS-CBN News; Agence France-Presse </strong></div>

<p>Two explosions rocked the southern city of Cotabato and neighboring Maguindanao province hours before polls opened for Monday's midterm polls. <br /> </p>

Two explosions rocked the southern city of Cotabato and neighboring Maguindanao province hours before polls opened for Monday's midterm polls.