Dynamite cuts Maguindanao fisherman's arm
Breaking News • 16:04 PM Fri Sep 5, 2014
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by Edwin Fernandez
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MASTURA, Maguindanao (Sept.5/NDBC) – A fishermanhere has survived dynamite blast but
lost his arm when the explosive he was using prematurely exploded Thursday,
police said today.
Morka Marohom,
23, fisherman and resident of Poblacion, Mastura, is now recuperating at a
hospital here.
Police said he
was fishing along Simuay river using a dynamite when it went off prematurely as
he was preparing to set it off.
Aside from
losing his left arm, Marohom also sustained blast injuries in his face and
chest.
Dynamite
fishing is illegal but more fisher folks continue to use them as means of livelihood.
(NDBC)