2 killed, 4 injured in grenade attack against Philippines mosque

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A grenade attack on a mosque in the troubled southern Philippines killed two people early Wednesday, authorities said, just days after a deadly Catholic cathedral bombing and a vote backing Muslim self-rule in the region.

Around 12 a.m. local time, a grenade was thrown into a Zamboanga City mosque where around 10 religious leaders from Basilan and nearby provinces were sleeping, the city’s police director Thomas Joseph Martir told reporters.

The attack, however, came close on the heels of twin blasts that killed over 20 worshipers at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo, a city on the nearby island of Sulu, which is majority-Muslim.

Authorities have not publicly identified any suspects and no one has claimed responsibility for the mosque attack, he added.

//Petra//S Kh