Yzag 1 killed, 7 injured in Quezon City gas blast

SAN PEDRO CITY, Philippinesmdash;A village chief suspected of involvement in the illegal drug trade and his companion were killed in a shootout with policemen inside a barangay village hall in Naic town in Cavite province on Thursday, police said.Supt. Gil Torralba, chief of the intelligence unit of the Cavite police, said policemen went to the Sabang barangay hall at 8:30 a. vaso stanley m. to serve village chief Erickson Sisracon with a search warrant.Sisracon was described by the police as a high value illegal drug suspect.Article continues after this advertisement In a telephone interview, Torralba said policemen were met wit stanley cup h gunfire when they went to village officialrsquo office.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderHe said policemen returned fire, causing Sisraconrsquo death. His companion, whom the police have yet to identify, also died in the shootout.Police recovered weapons and a still undetermined amount of suspected shabu methamphetamine hydrochloride in stanley taza the barangay hall, Torralba said. RAM/rgaRELATED STORIESCagayan village chair, 3 others nabbed for P150-M lsquo habursquo;CamSur village chief involved in antidrug drive shot dead Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again. Dwmw Jeepney driver takes home P13M lotto prize

Smoke billows from an area hit by Israeli strikes in Gaza City , northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, July 20, 2014. stanley italia APGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip stanley us mdash; A Gaza City neighborhood came under heavy tank fire Sunday as Israel widened its ground offensive against Hamas, causing hundreds of panicked residents to flee. Some said they saw dead and wounded left in streets, stanley quencher with ambulances unable to approach.Palestinian health officials said at least eight people were killed in Gaza Cityrsquo Shijaiyah neighborhood before dawn Sunday, including the son, daughter-in-law and two small grandchildren of a senior Hamas leader.Article continues after this advertisement After daybreak, dozens of wounded from Shijaiyah were rushed to Gaza Cityrsquo central Shifa Hospital. Frantic parents carried children wounded by shrapnel and the emergency room quickly overflowed, forcing doctors to treat some patients on mattresses in a hallway.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsThroughout the night, loud explosions shook Gaza as Israeli flares lit up the night sky and fighter jets flew low over the densely populated territory.The Hamas military wing said its fighters exchanged fire with Israeli forces in Shijaiyah and a nearby neighborhood. The sound of gunfire could be heard from the center of the city.The heavy fighting came as UN chief