Inday Sara: Dabawenyos praying for Jolo and its people

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio voiced hope that like Dabawenyos, the people of Jolo will overcome the devastation brought about by the bombing of the Jolo Cathedral allegedly by terrorists.

"Davao City has also its own experience of terrorism that resulted in death and destruction — but we refused to be cowed or be defeated by the devils behind it," she said in a statement posted on social media.

"Dabawenyos pray that Jolo and its people will also stand and rise with dignity and strong resolve to overcome this tragedy and deliver the perpetrators to the government so that justice may be served," she added.

It can be recalled that a bomb exploded in the Roxas Night Market in Davao City last September 2016, killing at least 14 people and wounding over 60 others.

"The deadly attacks betray the cowardice of the perpetrators and their desire to sow fear, hate, violence, and senseless death," Duterte-Carpio said.

"It was an act of terrorism that we have to resolutely fight as a nation," she added.

Meanwhile, authorities are eyeing six persons of interest behind the bombings at  Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo, Sulu.

National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. on Monday said that one person of interest was identified to be related to a terrorist group's commander, further details of which he refused to disclose for now to prevent pre-empting the ongoing probe. — BAP, GMA News