ISIS Claims Responsibility for Philippines Church Bombing

Four dead and over 50 injured in attack at Mindanao State University, with police pursuing four suspects.

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a bombing at a Catholic mass in the Philippines that resulted in four deaths and over 50 injuries.
The attack took place in a university gymnasium at Mindanao State University in Marawi, the country's largest Muslim city, which was previously besieged by extremist militants in 2017.
Police are pursuing four suspects, two of whom are linked to a local militant group and were seen at the scene prior to the explosion.
President Ferdinand Marcos has blamed 'foreign terrorists' for the attack and has assured that the perpetrators will be brought to justice.
The attack may have been a retaliation for recent military operations against three militant groups, including the killing of an Abu Sayyaf 'bomb expert' who was allegedly responsible for a previous deadly attack.