The bomb went off at entrance to a shopping mall in city of Cotabato in early afternoon.Manila: A crude bomb, blamed by security forces on a small pro-ISIS militant group, killed two people and wounded dozens on Monday in southern Philippines, an army commander said.ISIS terrorists operate in south of largely Christian Asian country and some are known to have links with groups abroad, including al Qaeda and ISIS.Major General Cirilito Sobejana, an army division commander, told Reuters bomb bore a "Daesh-inspired signature", referring to ISIS by another name.The bomb went off at entrance to a shopping mall in city of Cotabato in early afternoon.

As well as two people killed, 28 were wounded, he said.A second bomb was recovered in same area, he said.Sobejana said he suspected blast was retaliation for killing by government troops of seven members of a small terrorist group that has pledged allegiance to ISIS.