Islamists attack churches in the Philippines. The Islamic State admitted, among other things, to planting a bomb on the university campus in Marawi. At the beginning of Advent, the nightmare of Filipino Christians returned: attacks on churches and meeting places. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for planting a bomb on a university campus in Marawi […]
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Philippines: Terrorist attack by Islamists during Holy Mass.
Four people were killed and about fifty were injured in a bomb attack by Islamic State during Holy Mass. on the first Sunday of Advent at a church in Mindanao, Philippines. Local media reported that police believed the explosion in Marawi City was an act of revenge for the recent killing of 11 members of […]
Attack in the Philippines, Meloni sentence: “
«The umpteenth attack, probably of jihadist origin, perpetrated during the celebration of a Holy Mass on the First Sunday of Advent, cannot go unnoticed. The Italian Government is close to the Christian community in the Philippines, particularly on the island of Mindanao, and strongly denounces the bloody persecution carried out by terrorist organizations that attack […]
Philippines, after the earthquake, attack and mass explosion: 4 victims and many injured
Four people died and at least fifty were injured in an explosion during a Catholic mass in the Philippines. The attack took place this morning in a gymnasium at the Mindanao State University (MSU), in the city of Marawi (with a Muslim majority). In 2017, the city was the scene of a five-month battle between […]
Explosion at Catholic mass celebration: It is a massacre
At least four people died and dozens were injured in the attack that took place during Catholic mass celebrations in the south of the Philippines on Sunday, December 3. The explosion occurred in the gymnasium of Mindanao State University in Marawi, the country’s largest Muslim city. Perhaps an improvised explosive device or grenade explains officials, […]
Magnitude 6.6 earthquake reported on Mindanao island, Philippines
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake shook the waters east of the Mindanao Islandin the southern region of the Philippines, without authorities initially reporting damage or activating the tsunami warning. The United States Geological Survey, which covers the seismic activity globally, the hypocenter was located 56 kilometers deep beneath the seafloor and about 43.4 kilometers east of […]
Three people have been killed and nine injured in an explosion in the Philippines during a mass
At least three people lost their lives and another nine were injured this Sunday, according to preliminary data from the Policein response to A eruption took place during a Catholic mass in Marawiin the south of the Philippines. The explosion, whose author is unknown, took place in a gymnasium in the University of Mindanao where […]
Philippines, risk of “destructive tsunami”. Terror in Mindanao: the earthquake video
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said there could be a destructive “tsunami” with waves of “life-threatening” heights following the 7.6 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Mindanao. This is what we read in profile X from the same institute. “Wave heights greater than one meter above normal tides are expected to occur, which […]
Tsunami warning lifted in southern Philippines after earthquake
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Service has issued a tsunami alert in part of Mindanao, southern Philippines, following a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in the east of that island. “Based on all available information, the tsunami threat from this earthquake has ended,” said the US agency, which tracks activity around the world. Also read: 200 dead in […]
“I had lost hope of returning to my family”: Hostage released in Gaza
In a video shared by Philippine Embassy in Israel, Pacheco explained that he prayed a lot to get some hope because he feared for his life since he was kidnapped during the attack by Hamas and other Palestinian militias in Israel on October 7. “I just didn’t think they would forgive me for killing my […]