![]() ![]() Two young Marxists suspected of carrying out the attack were apprehended. Two grenades were thrown into the congregation as the traditional Easter service was concluding. ![]() On Easter Sunday, at least 13 people were killed in a grenade attack during mass at San Pedro Cathedral. Both the Communist Party of the Philippines and the government of President Ferdinand Marcos traded blame for the attack. Among those killed instantly were a 5-year-old child and The Manila Times photographer Ben Roxas while many on stage were injured, including incumbent Senator Jovito Salonga, Liberal Party president Gerardo Roxas and Sergio Osmeña, Jr., son of former President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, Sergio Osmeña. As a crowd of about 4,000 gathered to hear speeches, two hand grenades were reportedly tossed on stage. Several explosions occurred during a political campaign rally of the Liberal Party at Plaza Miranda in the district of Quiapo causing nine deaths and injuring 95 others. "Criminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public, a group of persons or particular persons for political purposes are in any circumstance unjustifiable, whatever the considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or any other nature that may be invoked to justify them." 1970s Date ![]() įor brevity, the definition of terrorism used is drawn from the United Nations General Assembly condemnation: Public transport and other gathering places, such as street markets, have been targets, however large-scale abductions and shootings have also been carried out by the groups, predominantly by Abu Sayyaf and the Rajah Solaiman Movement, two groups that had claimed responsibility for most of the attacks. In the period from 2000 to 2007 attacks killed nearly 400 Filipino civilians and injured well over 1500 more, more casualties than caused by bombings and other attacks in Indonesia, Morocco, Spain, Turkey, or Britain during the same period. Numerous bombings have also been carried out in and around Metro Manila, though several hundred kilometres from the conflict in the southern regions, due to its political importance. Since January 2000 radical Islamist groups and Islamist separatist forces in the Philippines have carried out over 40 major bombings against civilians and civilian property, mostly in the southern regions of the country around Mindanao, Basilan, Jolo and other nearby islands. List of terrorist incidents in the Philippines The first group to be officially listed as a terrorist organization under the law is the Abu Sayyaf on September 10, 2015, by the Basilan provincial court. Terrorism is a crime under the Human Security Act of 2007 which describes such acts as causing "widespread and extraordinary fear and panic among the populace". The Siege of Marawi ended in the deaths of several terrorist leaders and reduction of Islamic State presence in the Philippines. Bush’s presidency in 2002, the U.S has sent foreign aid and American troops in the southern archipelago of the Philippines to assist in counterinsurgency operations and which began Operation Enduring Freedom in the Philippines. įollowing the September 11 attacks, the Philippines became the second front against terrorism. Terrorist groups like Abu Sayyaf, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, New People's Army and Jemaah Islamiyah mostly operates in the Southern Philippines. Such acts of terrorism include Bombings, Domestic terrorism, Kidnapping, Drug trafficing, Extortion, Mass murder, Assassination and other types of attack. These terrorist attacks are often carried out by several Jihadist and militants groups with different ideologies and motives. Since the late 1960s, terrorism has become a major problem in the Philippines. ![]() Terrorist incidents map of the Philippines (1970-2016)Ī common definition of terrorism is the systematic use or threatened use of violence to intimidate a population or government for political, religious, or ideological goals. ![]()
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