On December 3, terrorists from the Islamic State (IS) affiliate Daulah Islamiyah Philippines (DIP) detonated an improvised explosive device during a Catholic mass in Marawi City. DIP claimed responsibility for the attack which killed four and wounded 50 civilians who attended the mass in a gymnasium at Mindanao State University. The venue hosts many Christian … Read more
Three weeks on from an explosion that killed four people at a Catholic mass on a university campus in Marawi City in the southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines, revelers are returning to church for Christmas on the island. The blast, claimed by the Islamic State, sent shock waves across the Muslim-majority Bangsamoro Autonomous … Read more
Militants from the Islamic State (IS) group have claimed responsibility for a bomb attack in the southern Philippine city of Marawi yesterday that killed at least four people and injured 50 others. According to Reuters news agency, the group wrote on Telegram that its members detonated a bomb that tore through a gymnasium at the … Read more
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Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, center, claps as Moro Islamic Liberation Front chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, left, shakes hands with Senate President Franklin Drilon, right, as he hands over the Draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Aaron Favila Advertisement As … Read more