The Islamic terror group ISIS has claimed responsibility for the bombing of a Catholic worship service Sunday in the Philippines.
At least four people died and dozens more were injured when the bomb exploded during mass in a gymnasium at Mindanao State University.
Police Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Peralta told reporters that military and police bomb experts found fragments of a 60mm mortar round at the scene of the attack.
“I condemn in the strongest possible terms the senseless and most heinous acts perpetrated by foreign terrorists upon the Mindanao State University,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said in a statement. “Extremists who wield violence against the innocent will always be regarded as enemies to our society.”
Several Islamic militant groups are based on Mindanao, the second-largest island in the Philippines.
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Philippines Military Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said 11 suspected Islamic militants were killed Friday in a military offensive backed by airstrikes and artillery fires on Friday near Datu Hoffer town in southern Maguindanao province.
The military launched the offensive Friday after receiving intelligence about the whereabouts of suspected leaders
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