According to Reuters on December 3, the extremist organization "Islamic State" claimed on the social platform "Telegram" that it was responsible for the fatal incident that occurred at a university in Marawi City in the southern Philippines on the morning of the 3rd, saying that its members detonated a bomb.
According to **, it happened at around 7:40 a.m. local time on the 3rd. According to witnesses, a Bible reading mass was being held in the gymnasium of Mindanao National University.
* At least 11 people have been killed and 50 injured.
Marcos Marcos of the Philippines issued a document on the same day characterizing the incident as a "terrorist attack", saying that he condemned this "heinous act" "in the strongest terms" and vowed to bring extremists to justice.
About 85 Filipino nationals are Catholics, 49 Practicing Islam, the city of Malawi, where the 3rd ** is located, is the largest Muslim city in the country. The Islamic State has influence in the southern Philippines.
In 2017, the Philippine extremist groups Abu Sayyaf and the Mutt Group, which had pledged allegiance to IS, occupied Malawi for five months, taking local residents hostage and exchanging fire with the military and police, leaving hundreds of thousands of people displaced and at least 1,200 killed.
The Philippine military** announced the day before the incident (2nd) that it launched an airstrike on an extremist group stronghold in Southern Maguindanao Province at noon on the 1st, killing 11 pro-IS militants. According to the Philippine military**, the militants had previously planned to carry out attacks in South Maguindanao province. The southern Philippines is home to a number of militant and extremist groups, and AFP said the military had almost "wiped out" one of the small armed groups in the operation.
So far, at least 11 people have been killed and 50 injured in Malawi City** on the 3rd. The National University of Mindanao announced the suspension of classes until further notice, and increased security forces on campus.
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