Fourteen people were wounded in a pipe bomb blast in Quiapo, Manila, police said Saturday, but authorities dismissed any link to the meeting of Southeast Asian leaders.

The explosion happened late Friday about five kilometers from the heavily guarded Philippine International Convention Center complex where Association of Southeast Asian (Asean) leaders were meeting, and police said they were investigating the possibility it was a revenge assault.

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