Mindanao State University bombing | |
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Part of ISIL insurgency in the Philippines and 2023–2024 Dawlah Islamiya insurgency | |
Location | Marawi, Philippines |
Coordinates | 7°59′41.0″N 124°15′24.8″E / 7.994722°N 124.256889°E |
Date | December 3, 2023 (PST) |
Target | Christians |
Attack type | terrorism |
Weapon | 60-mm mortar shell[1] |
Deaths | 4 |
Injured | 72[a] |
Perpetrators | Islamic State |
Motive | Islamic extremism |
On December 3, 2023, an Islamist bombing occurred during a Catholic Mass at the gymnasium of Mindanao State University in Marawi, Philippines, killing four people.
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