Asean strongly condemns Sunday's 'heinous terrorist attack' in Philippines

Four people were killed in a bombing at a Roman Catholic mass in Marawi, the Philippines, on Dec 3. - AFP

MANILA: The South-East Asian bloc Asean on Friday (Dec 8) strongly condemned what it called a "heinous terrorist attack" in the southern Philippines at the weekend in which four people were killed in a bombing at a Catholic Mass.

The bomb went off on Sunday during a service at a university gymnasium in Marawi, a city left in ruins in 2017 by a five-month military campaign to end an occupation by Islamic State loyalists that triggered alarm in Asia about the group's influence.