Editing Abu Sayyaf (section)

===Bombings===

====2004 Superferry 14 Bombing====
{{Main|Superferry 14}}
[[Superferry 14]] was a large ferry destroyed by a bomb on February 27, 2004, killing 116 people in the [[Philippines]]' worst terrorist attack and the world's deadliest terrorist attack at sea.<ref name="banloai">{{cite web |last=Banlaoi |first=Rommel C. |author-link=Rommel Banlaoi |title=Maritime Terrorism in Southeast Asia: The Abu Sayyaf Threat |url=http://www.usnwc.edu/getattachment/f54ece77-3d67-4c32-bfaa-02b476a569d8/Maritime-Terrorism-in-Southeast-Asia--The-Abu-Sayy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920113008/http://www.usnwc.edu/getattachment/f54ece77-3d67-4c32-bfaa-02b476a569d8/Maritime-Terrorism-in-Southeast-Asia--The-Abu-Sayy |archive-date=September 20, 2011}}</ref> On that day, the 10,192 [[ton]] ferry sailed out of [[Manila]] with about 900 passengers and crew on board. A television set filled with 8&nbsp;lb. (4 kilograms) of [[Trinitrotoluene|TNT]] had been placed on board. 90 minutes out of port, the bomb exploded. 63 people were killed instantly and 53 were missing and presumed dead. Despite claims from terrorist groups, the blast was initially thought to have been an accident caused by a gas explosion. However, after divers righted the ferry five months after it had sunk, they found evidence of a bomb blast. A man called Redendo Cain Dellosa admitted to planting the bomb for Abu Sayyaf.<ref>{{cite web |last=Banlaoi |first=Rommel C. |author-link=Rommel Banlaoi |date=2007 |title=Abu Sayyaf Group: Threat of Maritime Piracy and Terrorism |url=http://www.ppl.nl/plinklet/?sid=bibliographies&ppn=302372067&genre=bookitem&issn=&isbn=0415953200&title=The%20Abu%20Sayyaf%20Group%20:%20Threat%20of%20Maritime%20Piracy%20and%20Terrorism%20/%20Rommel%20C.%20Banlaoi&aulast=Banlaoi&aufirst=Rommel%20C.&au2last=&au2first=&au3last=&au3first=&edlast=&edfirst=&ed2last=&ed2first=&ed3last=&ed3first=&source=Violence%20at%20Sea%20:%20Piracy%20in%20the%20Age%20of%20Global%20Terrorism%20/%20ed.%20by%20Peter%20Lehr&year=2007&volume=&issue=&spage=121-137&bibliography=terrorism&table=terrorism&download=N&scharnier=&extensie=&id=14903&url= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927081644/http://www.ppl.nl/plinklet/?sid=bibliographies&ppn=302372067&genre=bookitem&issn=&isbn=0415953200&title=The%20Abu%20Sayyaf%20Group%20%3A%20Threat%20of%20Maritime%20Piracy%20and%20Terrorism%20%2F%20Rommel%20C.%20Banlaoi&aulast=Banlaoi&aufirst=Rommel%20C.&au2last=&au2first=&au3last=&au3first=&edlast=&edfirst=&ed2last=&ed2first=&ed3last=&ed3first=&source=Violence%20at%20Sea%20%3A%20Piracy%20in%20the%20Age%20of%20Global%20Terrorism%20%2F%20ed.%20by%20Peter%20Lehr&year=2007&volume=&issue=&spage=121-137&bibliography=terrorism&table=terrorism&download=N&scharnier=&extensie=&id=14903&url= |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |access-date=June 22, 2021}}</ref> Six suspects were arrested in connection with the bombing while the masterminds, [[Khadaffy Janjalani]] and [[Abu Sulaiman]], were killed.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Banlaoi |first=Rommel C. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318414806 |title=Philippine security in the age of terror : national, regional, and global challenges in the post-9/11 world |date=2010 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4398-1550-2 |location=Boca Raton |pages=1–358 |oclc=318414806}}</ref>

====2016 Davao City bombing====
{{Main|2016 Davao City bombing}}
On September 2, 2016, an explosion occurred at a night market in [[Davao City]], Philippines killing at least 15 and injuring 70.<ref>{{cite news |author=de Jesus |first=Julliane Love |date=September 8, 2016 |title=Davao blast suspect identified, Bato says |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/813881/davao-blast-suspect-identified-bato-says |access-date=September 8, 2016 |quote=Victims: 40 died and 70 injured.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Tesiorna |first=Ben O. |date=September 13, 2016 |title=Pregnant Davao bombing victim dies in hospital; death toll rises to 15 |url=http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/09/13/pregnant-davao-bombing-victim-dies-in-hospital-death-toll-rises-15.html |access-date=September 13, 2016 |work=CNN|archive-date=September 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914162026/http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/09/13/pregnant-davao-bombing-victim-dies-in-hospital-death-toll-rises-15.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Shortly before the bombing, Abu Sayyaf made a threat following the intensified military operation against them.<ref name="wipe out order">{{cite news |author=Murdoch |first=Lindsay |date=August 31, 2016 |title=Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte issues 'wipe out' order against Abu Sayyaf |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/philippines-rodrigo-duterte-issues-wipe-out-order-against-abu-sayyaf-20160831-gr59dw.html |access-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Santos |first=Eimor P. |date=September 2, 2016 |title=AFP taps 7,000-strong force vs. Abu Sayyaf |url=http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/09/02/AFP-vs-Abu-Sayyaf.html |access-date=September 4, 2016 |work=CNN|archive-date=September 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903195413/http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/09/02/AFP-vs-Abu-Sayyaf.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Alipala |first=Julie |date=September 2, 2016 |title=Abu Sayyaf to bring fight to AFP doorstep |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/811993/abu-sayyaf-to-bring-fight-to-afp-doorstep |access-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name="intensified operation">{{cite news |last1=Balana |first1=Cynthia D. |last2=Alipala |first2=Julie |date=September 2, 2016 |title=Army pours troops into pursuit; Abus ready for 'last war' |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/812066/army-pours-troops-into-pursuit-abus-ready-for-last-war |access-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref> Abu Sayyaf spokesperson Abu Rami was reported to claim responsibility.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Esmaquel II |first1=Paterno |last2=Cupin |first2=Bea |date=September 3, 2016 |title=Abu Sayyaf claims responsibility for Davao blast – report |work=Rappler |url=http://www.rappler.com/nation/145045-abu-sayyaf-responsibility-davao-explosion |access-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref> He later denied the report and any involvement, saying a group allied to them; the Daulat Ul-Islamiya were responsible.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nawal |first1=Allan |last2=Alipala |first2=Julie |last3=Manlupig |first3=Karlos |date=September 2, 2016 |title=Abu Sayyaf disowns Davao explosion, says ally was behind attack |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/812451/abu-sayyaf-disowns-davao-explosion-says-ally-was-behind-attack |access-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref> Although the Abu Sayyaf spokesman denied involvement, the Philippine government blame the group.

{{blockquote|This is not the first time that Davao has been sacrificed to the altar of violence. It's always connected with Abu Sayyaf before. They gave a warning. We know that.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/09/philippines-abu-sayyaf-blamed-attack-davao-city-160903025801696.html|title=Philippines: Abu Sayyaf blamed for attack in Davao City|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=3 September 2016|access-date=4 September 2016}}</ref>|[[Rodrigo Duterte]], President of the Philippines}}

====2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings====
{{Main|2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings}}
On January 27, 2019, two bombs detonated at the Roman Catholic [[Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral, Jolo|Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel]] in Jolo town which is the center of Abu Sayyaf stronghold.<ref name="Abu Sayyaf stronghold"/> The bombings resulting to eighteen people were killed while 82 others were injured, mostly from Philippine Army's [[1st Infantry Division (Philippines)|35th Battalion]] and civilians inside the church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2019/01/27/jolo-town-cathedral-explosion.html|title=Death toll in Jolo blasts lowered to 18|publisher=CNN|date=January 27, 2019|access-date=January 27, 2019|archive-date=January 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127074545/http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2019/01/27/jolo-town-cathedral-explosion.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Philippine military said the Abu Sayyaf under the faction of [[Ajang Ajang Group|Ajang-Ajang]] are responsible which is also echoed by peace advocate with evidence from military intelligence operatives that they have intercepted plans of the latter to bomb the other parts of downtown Jolo months before.<ref>{{cite web |last=Reyes |first=Jewel |date=January 27, 2019 |title=Military eyes Abu Sayyaf behind twin blasts in Jolo |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/27/19/military-eyes-abu-sayyaf-behind-twin-blasts-in-jolo |access-date=January 28, 2019 |publisher=ABS-CBN News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Mangosing |first=Frances |date=January 28, 2019 |title=Abu Sayyaf's Ajang-Ajang faction eyed as suspects behind Jolo blasts |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1078312/abu-sayyafs-ajang-ajang-faction-eyed-as-suspects-behind-jolo-blasts |access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref> The bombings took place a week after a [[2019 Bangsamoro Autonomous Region creation plebiscite|referendum]] for the creation of [[Bangsamoro Autonomous Region]] with the attacks is described as the opposition by the Abu Sayyaf group for their areas inclusion under the Bangsamoro authorities since the whole Sulu province itself is already known to be against the referendum with 163,526 oppose votes (54.3%).<ref>{{cite news |author=Tomacruz |first=Sofia |date=January 24, 2019 |title=Sulu rejects Bangsamoro law |work=Rappler |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/221802-plebiscite-results-sulu-votes-against-bangsamoro-law |access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref>