AN inmate was killed while 19 others were injured when gang members lobbed a hand grenade inside the maximum security compound of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa City on Thursday.

The fatality, Jojo Sampo, died of shrapnel wound from the fragmentation grenade that exploded at 9:55 a.m. at the area being occupied by Commando gang. The explosion occurred at Building 5, which is occupied by Commando gang members.

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