DEADLY MASS Victims of the bombing incident at the Mindanao State University in Marawi City on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. A foreign news report on Sunday, hours after the blast, said IS sent a telegram that its members had detonated the bomb. At a briefing, Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. said there were strong indications of a foreign element, describing the incident a "terrorist crime." "The AFP has already initiated its investigation in coordination with the PNP for the bomb signature that would help identify the terrorist group behind the bombing," Trinidad said. "The AFP remains committed to its mandate of protecting the people and the state from all various threat groups, foreign and domestic," Trinidad said in an updated AFP statement.
