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Philippines: Muslims murder two, injure nearly 30 with New Year’s Eve bomb at shopping mall

Jan 1, 2019 12:30 pm By Robert Spencer

The jihadis placed the bomb in a crowded place in order to maximize the carnage, thereby giving the greatest possible honor to their bloodthirsty god who commands them to “kill them wherever you find them” (Qur’an 2:191, 4:89, cf. 9:5).

“2 dead, nearly 30 wounded in bomb blast at Philippine mall,” Associated Press, December 31, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

COTABATO, Philippines (AP) — Suspected Muslim militants remotely detonated a bomb near the entrance of a mall in the southern Philippines on Monday as people did last-minute shopping ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations, killing at least two and wounding nearly 30, officials said.

The bomb went off near a baggage counter at the entrance of the South Seas mall in Cotabato city, wounding shoppers, vendors and commuters. Authorities recovered another unexploded bomb nearby as government forces imposed a security lockdown in the city, military and police officials said.

Maj. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana said by phone that an initial investigation showed the design of the bomb was similar to those used in the past by local Muslim militants who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.

Government forces launched an offensive against the militants belonging to a group called Daulah Islamiyah last week and at least seven of the militants died in the fighting, Sobejana said.

“This is a part of the retaliation, but the problem is they’re victimizing innocent civilians,” he told reporters.

Supt. Romeo Galgo Jr., the deputy police director of Cotabato, said witnesses saw a man leave a box in a crowded area near the mall’s entrance where vendors and shoppers were milling. The explosion shattered glass panels and scattered debris to the street fronting the mall.

Two of the roughly 30 people hit by the blast died while being brought to a hospital, Sobejana said….

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Philippines Tagged With: Cirilito Sobejana, Cotabato, Daulah Islamiyah


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  1. Indiana Tom says

    Jan 1, 2019 at 1:02 pm

    The bomb went off near a baggage counter at the entrance of the South Seas mall in Cotabato city, wounding shoppers, vendors and commuters.
    Brings up an overlooked point in that terrorists do not have to attack inside a supposedly secure venue; they can attack while people are queuing up to enter or exit said venue.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 1, 2019 at 1:29 pm

      This is a good point, Indiana Tom–and a weak point I have noticed myself.

      That this mall even had a place to check baggage implies that this was a for security–it is unlikely that this was just a place where customers could leave heavy packages while they shopped.

      But the areas around the entrances to malls–and airports,and sports venues and other places–are often busy places as well, but still outside the official security areas.

      Of course, Jihadists will eventually sniff out such weak points.

    • somehistory says

      Jan 1, 2019 at 1:34 pm

      The marathon bombers left the bombs along the route, not at a starting point or finish line.

      There is no way to protect every spot and the terrorists know this. Everyone needs to be on guard all of the time, looking and observing and watching their surroundings. And most people don’t really know how or that they need to do so.

      This is obvious just observing how people walk across a busy street or the way people drive…they take no notice of what is going on around them.

  2. Bodega says

    Jan 1, 2019 at 1:09 pm

    Having been born in the PI, spending 3 years in a concentration camp, knowing some WWII gorillas before and after that war, being saved by a Filipina from a life of rack and ruin, and playing with children of all nations and ethnic groups and not realizing I am “white”, I find the Muslims in the Philippines to be vermin. To kill any Filipino or Filipina for quasi religious reasons when in reality Islam is a cult, is an anathema to me.

    I can’t seem to get much of my opinions about Muslims published on this site though I do use the qur’an as a back up for my statements (and you can read the papers, etc) or maybe I can’t find it, but all anybody has to do is read the Koran or Qu’ran or Qur’an and you will know this group of men and women following the cult of Islam are not our friends and will do anything to exterminate us.

    It is time to stop the apologies and arrest, try and convict the guilty and hang them in public as a warning of what happens when they don’t find a legal recourse to their grievances. I am so fed up with the Jihadists and I do not know how to distinguish them from Muslims who “say” they are not pathologically ill. I am fed up with our western appeasement and approval of really insane behavior.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 1, 2019 at 1:43 pm

      Bodega, thanks for your backstory–I see how this story is especially painful for you. And I see that you already have known evil up close–the Fascists.

      As for Jihad Watch, it has had posting problems for a while now–I doubt you are being censored, from the comments of yours I have read. If you find comments of yours are not posting, you can contact Jihad Watch at the “Contact Us” box and find out wht the issue is.

    • Tama says

      Jan 2, 2019 at 5:08 pm

      I’m interested too I have family in Mindanao being attacked by a Muslim family over land dispute. They’ve attacked theth times but not stealth yet, previous shot injured a relative’s hand .The third a was new years day with this allahu kurammmi I can’t spell and guns again but this relative jumped out the window and the bullets only got the coconut tree .There’s a dispute because they bought farmland which incorrectly has my family land in it, and the one who made the fake land certificate is footing the hospital bill .

      First attack, they had guns and were stealing fruit . My relative fired his gun into the sky as a warning shot and was jailed as the guys said he shot at them for no reason.

      Family has a safe house and only the guys go to the actual house now .

  3. somehistory says

    Jan 1, 2019 at 1:23 pm

    There was a travel advisory regarding this island nation a few days ago. But people who live in a country would have to leave home…possibly going where the threat is greater…in order not to be a victim there.

    There was also an explosion that collapsed a ten story building in Russia. It was said to be a “gas explosion”…however, can’t help but wonder about it…seeing as it was on NYE and moslims are busy everywhere ruining people’s lives and ending others.

    They won’t stop voluntarily. But, there is a Power that can and will end the terror. Soon.

  4. gravenimage says

    Jan 1, 2019 at 1:47 pm

    Philippines: Muslims murder two, injure nearly 30 with New Year’s Eve bomb at shopping mall
    ……………………

    Even as we were joyously celebrating the incoming new year last night, I could not help but worry that somewhere in the world Jihadists were attacking and murdering others who dared celebrate.

    God, I hate Islam.

  5. mortimer says

    Jan 1, 2019 at 4:32 pm

    “The jihadis placed the bomb in a crowded place in order to maximize the carnage, thereby giving the greatest possible honor to their bloodthirsty god …” – Robert Spencer

    Yes, this is a BLOODTHIRSTY DEATH CULT of FANATICAL KILLERS who think it pleases Allah to MURDER KAFIRS.

    Allah has made Muslims into BOUNTY HUNTERS with REWARDS of ETERNAL SEX with SLAVES in Islam’s paradise. How absurd and beyond belief !

    Muslims can only be taken out of Islam if they see the Koran and hadiths are 100% human products. Once Muslims doubt the veracity of the Koran, they cannot be jihadists.

  6. Frederick King says

    Jan 2, 2019 at 4:11 am

    The economy would be much better if the terrorists would knock it off. They really need to start hanging every terrorist on the planet, every time they are captured. Islam should be banned until hey modernize it, to exclude any and all violent parts.

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