Philippines chase four suspects in Catholic mass bombing

Military personnel stand guard at the entrance of a gymnasium while police investigators (background) look for evidence after a bomb attack at Mindanao State University in Marawi, Lanao del sur province on December 3, 2023. Police in the Philippines are chasing four men, including two linked to a local militant group, in connection with the deadly bombing of a Catholic mass in the restive south, authorities said on Monday, December 5, 2023. - AFP

MANILA (AFP): Police in the Philippines are chasing four men, including two linked to a local militant group, in connection with the deadly bombing of a Catholic mass in the restive south, authorities said Tuesday.

A manhunt was underway after Sunday's attack on worshippers inside a university gymnasium in Marawi, the country's largest Muslim city, which was besieged by Islamist militants in 2017.