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At least 4 people were killed and 42 injured explosion occurred during a Catholic mass in Philippines. Local authorities reported this to the BBC. The attack occurred on Sunday morning at a gymnasium at the Mindanao State University in the city of Marawi. The attack was claimed by ISIS.
The claim on Telegram Therefore, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack. “Soldiers of the caliphate detonated an explosive device at a large gathering of Christians in the city of Marawi,” the group said in a statement posted on its Telegram channels.
“Foreign terrorists in action” “I strongly condemn the senseless and heinous acts of foreign terrorists at Mindanao State University and the communities of Marawi early Sunday morning,” Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said in a statement. In 2017, Marawi City was the scene of a five-month battle between government forces and Islamic State-allied militants.
Pope Francis: “I pray for the victims of the attack” “I would like to express my prayers for the victims of the attack in the Philippines, where a bomb exploded during a church service. “I am close to the families, to the people of Mindanao, who have already suffered so much.” Pope Francis said this during the Angelus prayer in an appeal read in his place by Msgr. Paolo Braida.