Philippine Troops Kill 9 Islamist Terrorists, Including 2 Linked to Catholic Mass Bombing

Women walk past the site where a bomb exploded in Marawi, southern Philippines, on Dec. 3, 2023. Froilan Gallardo/AP Photo

MANILA—Government troops killed nine members of a pro-ISIS group in the southern Philippines, the military said on Saturday, including two suspects in a deadly blast at a Catholic Mass last month.

Four soldiers were wounded during Thursday and Friday’s counter terrorism operation in the Lanao del Sur province, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said in a statement, but all are in stable condition.