MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte warned of more terroristic attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which he described as “insane” and “made in hell.”
“We have this insane ISIS that they would kill. And I expect that they would do some bombings here and bombings there ‘cause that’s what they get in the Middle East,” Duterte said in a speech during the oath taking of newly-appointed government officials in Malacañang on Thursday.
“Ah pagka ganun patayan talaga ‘yan. No quarters given. No quarters asked,” he added.
The President also called ISIS, notorious for staging suicide bombings and other brutal terrorist attacks, as “terrible.”
“Do not surrender because I will kill you,” he said, referring to members of the terrorist group.
“So that’s it. We have the ISIS. It’s a terrible… It’s a… That thing is or was made in hell. Kaya ko man pumatay ng tao but it has to be a good reason. Self-defense, defense of relatives, defense of stranger, fulfilling your duty as a peace officer,” he added.
Duterte had earlier ordered government troops to annihilate terrorists and enemies of the state following the twin explosions at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo, Sulu that killed at least 20 people and injured almost 100. /kga