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MEDIA DESCRIBED the December 3 bombing at the Dimaporo Gym of the Mindanao State University (MSU) as one of the deadliest terror attacks since the Marawi siege in 2017. The blast killed four people and wounded 50 others during the Catholic Mass on the first Sunday of the Advent season. The post MSU blast a grim reminder of 2017 Marawi siege appeared first on CMFR.

Citing video evidence, witnesses, officials identified two suspects linked to the Islamic State terror group.

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MANILA — A "massive" manhunt is underway for the attackers who bombed a Catholic Mass that killed four people in the southern Philippines, a senior military officer said on Monday (Dec 4), vowing to do everything possible to bring the perpetrators to justice. ALSO READ: Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly Philippine bombing

Police are looking into at least two suspects they believe were behind the blast that killed at least four people during a service at a university gymnasium in Marawi, which Islamic State militants claimed.

The military chief says blast could be in retaliation for strike that killed 11 militants.

Flag of the People's Republic of China. / Credit: Yan Ke / Unsplash (CC0) CNA Staff, Nov 9, 2023 / 16:12 pm (CNA). China passed a “Patriotic Education Law,” further consolidating the Chinese Communist Party’s control over education, including religious education, state-controlled media outlet Xinhua announced last month. The new law, which was passed during a session of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, would require churches and religious gr...

Father Isaac Honsan, pastor of St. Paul's Church, stands in the rubble after the church was set on fire in a recent attack. / Photo credit: Anto Akkara Indore, India, Aug 16, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA). As India celebrated its 77th Independence Day marking freedom from colonial British rule on Aug. 15, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) asserted the patriotism of Christians and called for “resolving internal challenges with empathy, understanding, and unity.” &...

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last week lifted emergency across Mindanao, touting significant gains in restoring peace.