The call for the terrorist attacks was made through their online networks and directed “everyone who can” to launch an attack on the global beauty pageant.
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According to a Fox News report, a video footage posted on the encrypted app Telegram calls upon IS Phillipines Supporters to launch attacks at the Miss Universe event.
It said the post reportedly contained a video on how to assemble a suicide belt and a DIY (do-it-yourself) on explosives in English.
Meanwhile, the director of the Miss World Mexico pageant has been found shot dead after being kidnapped from a bar, officials in the violence-racked northwestern state of Sinaloa said on Monday.
Aside from coming up with a solution to the potential traffic jam the Miss Universe pageant is going to cause, the PHC is also tasked to facilitate the arrival and mobility of each and every Miss Universe candidate along with their security at each venue.
Addressing “brothers who love martyrdom”, the post’s author calls on followers of the terrorist organization to “target the blood of foreigners” whose nations have participated in the war against ISIL.
Several groups in Indonesia have already pledged loyalty to the leader of the terror group.
Although the main religion in the Philippines is Catholicism, Islam is widely practiced in the area of Mindanao.
Contestants getting stuck in Metro Manila’s roads is a big no-no to the Philippine committee that will host Miss Universe next year.
Davao, Vigan, Palawan, Cebu, Batangas, Isabela including Cagayan de Oro, the hometown of reigning Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach, are potential venues for the Miss Universe pocket events.
Last month, DOT announced that Miss Universe grand coronation night will be held in the Philippines early next year.
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Republican presidential nominee Donal Trump bought the entire stock of the Miss Universe Organization from USA broadcast network NBC in 2015.
