Philippine church bombing causes fears of derailed peace process
Dozens were killed or wounded during mass Sunday at a cathedral in the majority Muslim part of the country, where most voters approved expanding an autonomous region to make peace.
Days after a vote in the Philippines opened a way to end one of Asia’s longest armed insurgencies, bombs went off during Sunday mass at a Catholic cathedral in the mostly Muslim autonomous region called Muslim Mindanao.
Two explosions inside and outside of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cathedral killed more than 20 people and wounded dozens on January 27 in Sulu province in the south of Mindanao.
“The province is home to a rival rebel faction that’s opposed to the deal as well as smaller militant cells that not part of any peace process,” Vatican News reported.
