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The 2020 Jolo bombings occurred on August 24, 2020, when insurgents alleged to be jihadists from the Abu Sayyaf group detonated two bombs in Jolo, Sulu, Philippines, killing 14 people and wounding 75 others. [1] The first occurred as Philippine Army personnel were assisting in carrying out COVID-19 humanitarian efforts. [2]
In the morning of January 27, 2019, two bombs exploded at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo, Sulu, Philippines. Twenty people were killed and 102 others injured. [ 3 ] The bombings took place a week after the autonomy plebiscite held on January 21 for the creation of Bangsamoro .
Jolo, Sulu 20 102 bombing 2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings: Two explosions inside and outside Jolo Cathedral during mass. The attack was believed to have been carried out by Jamaah Ansharut Daulah and Abu Sayyaf. 3 April Isulan, Sultan Kudarat 0 5 bombing An explosion hit a restaurant. 28 June Jolo, Sulu 8 22 bombing
The Philippine National Police (PNP) have arrested the prime suspect in last week's deadly Jolo church blast, which claimed 21 lives and injured 111 others, along with four alleged accomplices ...
21 September – AFP overran a camp in Sitio Talatak, Brgy Bato-Bato, Indanan, Sulu belonging to the Abu Sayyaf, killing nearly 20 militants. 5 soldiers were wounded. [37] [38] 29 September – Two United States soldiers were killed in Jolo, near the town of Indanan, by Abu Sayyaf militants. [39]
Poverty Incidence of Jolo 10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 43.02 2003 39.14 2006 43.30 2009 46.11 2012 48.37 2015 40.68 2018 58.94 2021 53.14 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Downtown Jolo Industry In Jolo, most of the residents are in the agriculture industry. Agricultural products include coconut, cassava, abaca, coffee, lanzones, jackfruit, durian, mangosteen and marang. Jolo is the only ...
Jolo (Tausug: Sūg) is a volcanic island in the southwest Philippines and the primary island of the province of Sulu, on which the capital of the same name is situated. It is located in the Sulu Archipelago , between Borneo and Mindanao , and has a population of approximately 500,000 people.
On July 4, 2021, a Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) crashed after an attempted landing at Jolo Airport in Sulu, Philippines. [1] With 53 deaths, of which 50 people were on the aircraft and 3 on the ground, the incident is the deadliest aviation accident in Philippine military history, the fourth deadliest on Philippine soil, and the second deadliest to occur ...