ALCOTHANS: Official Statement on the MSU Gym Explosion, Marawi City


Alpha Cosine Theta
National Collegiate and Professional Organization
Marawi City, Philippines

Official Statement on the MSU Gym Explosion, Marawi City


We share the sadness and griefs of the bereaved families and friends of the victims who died in a tragic explosion inside the Dimaporo Gym while attending a mass Sunday morning (3 December 2023). Together with the whole Mindanao State University and global community, we condemn the senseless and barbaric act in the strongest sense.

MSU is supposed to be a place of convergence of cultures, traditions and faiths all over Mindanao, the country and world and a melting pot for holistic development of the young. MSU is an academic community and a space for.peacebuilding too. On this vision and mission, ALCOTHANS is founded and inspired upon since its founding in the same campus in 1976.

We are in deep sorrow but firm in our prayer for thorough investigation, culprits must be brought before the law and justice be served to the victims and survivors. Further, we.demand that this incident must not only be an addition to the long-list of unsolved crimes and cases inside the campus.

We call on students, parents, organizations and the whole society from different faiths and tribes to strengthen our unity and trust with one another and collectively protect and care for each other.

In Solidarity for Peace, Justice and Fraternity,

ALCOTHANS
Founders, National Board, Chapter Chairpersons and Members
December 3, 2023

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