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MANILA, Philippines — Police in the Philippines are chasing four men, including two linked to a local militant group, in connection with the deadly bombing of a Catholic mass in the restive south, authorities said Tuesday.
MANILA, Philippines — There is no need to declare martial law following the bombing of a gymnasium in the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said yesterday.
It was saddening, not just disheartening, to realize terrorism remains deeply rooted in our country. It reared its ugly head again in the blasting of a Christian mass being held at the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City last Sunday. By bombing the Christian mass held at the MSU gymnasium for the first Sunday of Advent, it obviously tried to convey religious differences when there were none at all.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president blamed “foreign terrorists” for a bomb blast that killed four people Sunday, wounded dozens of other Catholic worshippers in the south and sparked a security alarm, including in the capital, Manila, where state forces were put on alert.
MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) – in coordination with the Philippine National Police (PNP) – is validating claims by the Middle East-based Islamic State (IS) that it was behind the explosion that killed four people and injured 45 others attending mass on Sunday in the gymnasium of the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City, Lanao del Norte.
MANILA, Philippines: Terrorist group IS (Islamic State) is suspected to be behind the bombing at the Mindanao State University gym which killed four people and injured scores during a Catholic service on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Monday.
A Philippine military commander said Monday that a "massive" manhunt was underway for the assailants who bombed a Catholic mass in the country's restive south, killing four worshippers and wounding dozens.
MARAWI: At least four people died and dozens were wounded Sunday in a bomb attack on a Catholic mass in the insurgency-plagued southern Philippines.The blast, claimed by the Islamic State group, happened during a morning service at Mindanao State University's gymnasium in Marawi, the country's largest Muslim city, which was besieged by Islamist militant groups in 2017.