{"id":12482,"date":"2023-12-05T01:53:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T01:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/05\/isis-claims-deadly-blast-at-catholic-mass-in-southern-philippines\/"},"modified":"2023-12-05T01:53:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T01:53:58","slug":"isis-claims-deadly-blast-at-catholic-mass-in-southern-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/05\/isis-claims-deadly-blast-at-catholic-mass-in-southern-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIS claims deadly blast at Catholic mass in southern Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      ISIS has claimed responsibility for a deadly explosion that ripped through a Catholic mass service at a university gym in the southern Philippines on Sunday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      At least four people were killed and dozens of others were injured in the blast at the Mindanao State University in Marawi City, according to authorities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      In a communique, ISIS said its fighters \u201cdetonated an explosive device on a large gathering of Christian disbelievers in Marawi City,\u201d according to the SITE Intelligence Group, a counterterrorism threat intelligence organization that tracks the online activity of extremist groups.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Photos of the scene showed soldiers and emergency workers standing among debris in the gym. A section of the seating area was blown up, chairs strewn across the floor.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Lanao del Sur province Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr., told reporters more than 40 people were being treated at a government hospital in Marawi, while a number of others with minor injuries were treated at the university\u2019s infirmary following the blast.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. condemned the attack in a post on X, formerly Twitter. Without naming any specific groups or elaborating further, he described the blast as \u201csenseless and most heinous, perpetrated by foreign terrorists.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cExtremists who wield violence against the innocent will always be regarded as enemies to our society,\u201d he said, adding that additional security personnel had been deployed to assist in the response.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The United States condemned the \u201chorrific terrorist attack\u201d in a government statement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cThe United States is in close contact with our Philippine partners and stands with the people of the Philippines in rejecting this act of violence,\u201d State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"map\">\n<div class=\"map__container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Mindanao, the second largest island in the Philippines, is home to several Islamist insurgent groups and has long been a hotbed of insurgency against the Philippine government.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      While the Philippines is mostly Catholic, Mindanao is home to a sizable Muslim population.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      In 2017, ISIS-affiliated militants laid siege to Marawi for five months. The violence forced more than 350,000 residents to flee the city and the surrounding areas before Philippine forces liberated the city.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      <em>This story has been updated with additional developments.<\/em>  <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISIS has claimed responsibility for a deadly explosion that ripped through a Catholic mass service at a university gym in the southern Philippines on Sunday. At least four people were killed and dozens of others were injured in the blast at the Mindanao State University in Marawi City, according to authorities. 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