Four people have been killed in an explosion at a Catholic Mass [1] in the southern Philippines on Sunday morning. ISIS has claimed responsibility.
The incident occurred at the gymnasium of Mindanao State University in Marawi, the country’s largest Muslim city.
Forty-two others suffered mostly minor wounds, authorities said, adding the situation was “under control”.
In 2017, Marawi was the scene of a five-month battle between government forces and militants with links to the Islamic State group.
The Daulah Islamiyah-Maute Group could be behind Sunday’s bombing, said Brig Gen Allan Nobleza, the police commander in the region.