At least two National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ), terrorists from Sri Lanka, Mark Kevin Samhoon and Victoria Sophia Sto Domingo, have entered the Philippines to train local militants on making bombs and attacking churches and other soft targets north of the country, reports Strait Times on August 9. A watch list from the Manila International Airport Authority had the duo tagged as "suicide bombers", with kin in the Philippines.
Sto. Domingo arrived in the Philippines in November 2018. Samhoon followed her, possibly in June this year. Reports suggest that the terrorist might target the main Philippine island of Luzon.