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On December 3, 2023 at around 7:30 a.m., during a Mass being conducted at the Dimaporo Gymnasium of Mindanao State University in Marawi, an improvised explosive device detonated [9] [10] after the Kyrie portion. [6] [11] There were around 72 attendees of the Mass, [12] which was presided by Franciscan priest Benigno Flores Jr., who survived the ...
Date Type Dead Injured Location Article Details Perpetrator Part of 1 January Bombing 20: 30: Kabul, Afghanistan 2023 Kabul airport bombing: A bomb was detonated outside a checkpoint near Kabul International Airport. [1] Islamic State – Khorasan Province: Islamic State–Taliban conflict: 4 January Car bombings 35: Unknown Mahas District ...
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 siege of Marawi (Filipino: Pagkubkob sa Marawi), [30] [31] also known as the Marawi crisis (Krisis sa Marawi) [32] and the Battle of Marawi (Labanan sa Marawi), was a five-month-long armed conflict in Marawi, Philippines, that started on May 23, 2017, between Philippine government security forces against militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS), including the Maute and Abu Sayyaf ...
Between June and December 2023, twenty-one senior members of the group were killed during security operations in Mindanao. Several commanders were among those killed, including leader Abu Zacharia. [77] On October 29, 2023, senior commander Samaon Odin Amil accidentally killed himself after a home-made bomb prematurely exploded in Datu Salibo. [78]
In 2020, the chair of Task Force Bangon Marawi declared that 20%-30% of Marawi City had been rehabilitated. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Around 2,800 families remained in temporary shelters by November 2020. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Five years after the siege, in May 2022, 72% of Marawi City had been rehabilitated. [ 11 ]
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 ...
A bomb thrown at the screen of a movie theater exploded, the sixth in a series of bombings subsequently believed to have been part of the God Save the Queen Plot. [11] 18 March 1987 Baguio: 4 45 Improvised Explosive Device: A bomb exploded at the Philippine Military Academy where President Corazon Aquino was scheduled to speak. Some sources ...