Nine people were wounded early on Sunday as three near-simultaneous explosions rocked Manila and the city of Lipa on the eve of Philippine Independence Day, police said. All of the injured were hit by shrapnel as a bomb tore through an outdoor chicken market in Lipa, 75km south of Manila, police said. All of the injured were hit by shrapnel as a bomb tore through an outdoor chicken market in Lipa, 75km south of Manila, police said.