IN PHOTOS: Bloody Sunday bombing in Jolo

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<p>Several people were killed and dozens wounded when 2 bombs ripped through a Roman Catholic church in this town early Sunday in one of the deadliest bombings in recent years in the restive southern Philippines.</p><p>The first bomb, planted inside the Jolo Cathedral, went off during a Mass in the morning. The second bomb exploded in the church&#x27;s parking area as troops responded to the incident.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/01/27/19/twin-blasts-reported-in-jolo">Several killed, dozens wounded in twin blasts at Jolo church</a></li></ul><p>Among the 20 fatalities were 15 civilians and 5 soldiers, according to the police-military command post as of 2 p.m.</p><p>The incident also injured 81 people, including 65 civilians, 14 soldiers and 2 policeman, said Chief Superintendent Graciano Mijares of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao police.</p><p>The twin explosions come less than a week after voters decisively approved a new Muslim-led region in the south.</p><p>It was still too early to name a suspect in the attack or deem it connected to the Bangsamoro plebiscite, said Col. Gerry Besana, spokesperson of the military&#x27;s Western Mindanao Command.</p><p>However, Sulu is a known bastion of the Abu Sayyaf, a group linked to the Al-Qaeda network.</p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-jolo-bombing-4100.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-jolo-bombing-4101.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-jolo-bombing-4102.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-jolo-blast-01.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-jolo-bombing-4104.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-jolo-bombing-4105.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-jolo-bombing-4106.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-jolo-bombing-4107.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-jolo-bombing-4108.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-jolo-bombing-4109.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-jolo-bombing-4110.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-jolo-bombing-4112.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-jolo-bombing-4113.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>Bombing at Jolo Cathedral. <cite>Courtesy of AFP Wesmincom</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Bombing at Jolo Cathedral. <cite>Courtesy of AFP Wesmincom</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Bombing at Jolo Cathedral. <cite>Courtesy of Matthew Ruby</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Bombing at Jolo Cathedral. <cite>Courtesy of Matthew Ruby</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Bombing at Jolo Cathedral. <cite>Courtesy of AFP Wesmincom</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Bombing at Jolo Cathedral. <cite>Courtesy of AFP Wesmincom</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Bombing at Jolo Cathedral. <cite>Courtesy of AFP Wesmincom</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Bombing at Jolo Cathedral. <cite>Courtesy of AFP Wesmincom</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Bombing at Jolo Cathedral. <cite>Courtesy of Jeff Abduraja</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Bombing at Jolo Cathedral. <cite>Courtesy of Jeff Abduraja</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Bombing at Jolo Cathedral. <cite>Courtesy of Jeff Abduraja</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Bombing at Jolo Cathedral. <cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Bombing at Jolo Cathedral. <cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div></div></div>

<p>Several people were killed and dozens wounded when 2 bombs ripped through a Roman Catholic church in this town early Sunday in one of the deadliest bombings in recent years in the restive southern Philippines.</p>

Several people were killed and dozens wounded when 2 bombs ripped through a Roman Catholic church in this town early Sunday in one of the deadliest bombings in recent years in the restive southern Philippines.