Saudi Arabia condemned on Sunday the twin bombings that targeted a Roman Catholic cathedral on the southern Philippine island of Jolo earlier in the day.
An official source from the Saudi Foreign Ministry stressed the Kingdom’s rejection of all forms of violence, terrorism and extremism.
It offered Riyadh’s condolences to the families of the victims, the government and people of the Philippines.
At least 20 people were killed and 111 others wounded in the bombings that targeted Sunday Mass.
Witnesses said the first blast inside the Jolo cathedral in the provincial capital sent churchgoers, some of them wounded, to stampede out of the main door.
Army troops and police posted outside were rushing in when the second bomb went off about one minute later near the main entrance, causing more deaths and injuries.
The military was checking a report that the second explosive device may have been attached to a parked motorcycle.
Troops in armored carriers sealed off the main road leading to the church while vehicles transported the dead and wounded to the town hospital. Some casualties were evacuated by air to nearby Zamboanga city.
