Scenes from Jolo cathedral after deadly twin blasts

Scenes at the Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo, Sulu, after the twin blasts on Sunday morning that left at least 19 people dead and dozens wounded.

Earlier reports indicated that the first explosion occurred inside the cathedral while a Mass was ongoing, and over a minute after the first blast an improvised explosive device mounted on a motorbike in a parking lot went off.

Photos by Ian Cruz

Inside Mt. Carmel Cathedral

LOOK: Loob ng Jolo Cathedral sa Sulu na pinasabugan kaninang umaga habang may idinaraos na misa; as of 1:20 pm, nasa 27 na ang patay (20 sibilyan, 7 sundalo) habang 77 ang sugatan ayon sa PNP ????: AFP WesMinCom @dzbb pic.twitter.com/uxp9jLQTwH

— Jonathan Andal (@JonathanAndal_) January 27, 2019

LOOK: Entrada ng Jolo Cathedral sa Sulu kung saan umano pinasabog ang ikalawang IED na nakakabit sa motrosiklo nang dumating na ang mga rumespondeng sundalo ????: AFP WesMinCom @dzbb pic.twitter.com/HaCuP3d7mD

— Jonathan Andal (@JonathanAndal_) January 27, 2019

As of 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Police Regional Office-ARMM chief Superintendent Graciano Mijares said that the number of fatalities has gone up to 27 and the wounded at 77.

However, the PNP Public Information Office later said that as of 2 p.m., the death toll was at 19.

Mijares also later said that the number of dead had been misreported and was in fact 20. —with Jonathan Andal/LBG/BM, GMA News