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Police said that the bombing was not a suicide attack. [9] An eyewitness reportedly saw a man placing a bag believed to contain the bomb, [15] while CCTV footage showed the two suspected bombers arriving at the gymnasium on a motorcycle at around 7:03 a.m. and stood there for eight minutes. [16] The explosion produced a crater in the gymnasium ...
At least four people were killed and at least 50 injured after a bomb exploded during a morning Catholic Mass in a university gymnasium in Marawi, a city in the south of the country besieged by ...
The Philippine president blamed “foreign terrorists” for a bomb blast that killed four people Sunday, wounded dozens of other Catholic worshippers in the south and sparked a security alarm ...
MANILA (Reuters) -Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing at a Catholic Mass in the Philippines on Sunday that killed at least four people and injured 50 others. The ...
Sixteen hours later, a bomb exploded during a Catholic Mass at the gymnasium of Mindanao State University in Marawi, killing four people and injuring several more. [83] The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. [84] It was suspected that the attack was carried out by Dawlah Islamiya in retilation for the killing of their ...
Poverty Incidence of Marawi 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2000 23.30 2003 28.91 2006 27.60 2009 34.48 2012 60.04 2015 54.64 2018 63.18 2021 20.42 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The economy of Marawi is largely based on agriculture, trading, and exporting. Most industries in the city are agriculture-oriented. They include rice and corn farming, hollow blocks manufacturing, goldsmithing, and saw ...
The Philippine military started clearing unexploded ordnance after the battle and cleared around 85 percent of the ordnance by May 2018, [5] facilitating the return of around 70 percent of displaced Marawi residents. [6] In 2020, the chair of Task Force Bangon Marawi declared that 20%-30% of Marawi City had been rehabilitated.
Marawi hero: The courage of Captain Rommel Sandoval, YouTube video On September 10, 2017, Sandoval's company was tasked with retaking a stronghold of the Islamic militants. The building, a 5-storey commercial complex called C&D Centerpoint, was occupied by a branch of the Land Bank of the Philippines prior to the siege.