A 19-year-old student sustained a minor injury from a stray bullet while five persons were wounded by firecrackers during the New Year revelries in Oriental Negros, including Dumaguete City.

Hospital reports identified the victim of stray bullet as Jonel Jandoc, 19, single, of Barangay Hiligaon, Siaton, Oriental Negros who was hit in the left leg.

In Dumaguete, the victims of firecracker blasts were identified as Greg Lovile Sancheja, 4, who was injured on his left ankle; Maybe Laduo, 24, single of Buñao, Dumaguete -- second degree burns on his palm; Manuel Carl Grinjo, 21, of San Jose Extension, and Inocencio Almirol, 11, of Tubod, who both suffered second degree burns on the hands.

In Siaton, Avelino Romano Jumawad, 38, married was injured in his right upper arm also due to firecracker blasts, reports added.

Meanwhile, the Bayawan Philippine National Police reported to the Provincial police headquarters in Agan-an, Sibulan the confiscation of illegally sold assorted firecrackers and pyrotechnics devices, in violation of City Ordinance 47.

Police operatives seized from stall owners Aristarco Autor, Neneng Tumlad, Raul Villarmonte and Melchora Franconas, all residents of Bayawan, various types of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices worth P5,000. The police provincial command said that no other injuries due to firecracker blasts were reported in other towns and cities in the province.*RG

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