A powerful explosion at a shopping mall in Manila's financial district today killed at eight people and wounding dozens more.
Initial reports had suggested a cooking gas tank in restaurant was to blame, but police said the cause remained under investigation.
The explosion caused extensive damage throughout the Glorietta 2 shopping complex in Makati, toppling roofs across the floors and badly damaging several walls and sending debris crashing on cars outside.
In the past, Al-Qaeda-linked militants who have waged a bombing campaign in the southern Philippines have targeted Manila.