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Filipino troops battling final 30 ISIS-linked gunmen in Marawi

 

MANILA - Philippine troops on Sunday were battling a final group of about 30 pro-Islamic State group militants who are surrounded in one building with all their hostages gone as a nearly five-month siege neared its end in southern Marawi city, a military official said.

 

Army Col. Romeo Brawner said troops were aiming to end the crisis before midnight Sunday. He said the remaining gunmen, who include some Indonesian and Malaysian fighters, have the option of surrendering, or they can either be captured or killed.

 

"Our government forces will try to do everything to finish the firefight today," Brawner said in a news conference in Marawi. He said the battle area centered in a two-story building near Lake Lanao where the firefight continued to rage at noon.

 

"It's either they all get killed, because they're determined to die inside, or we capture them or they surrender," Brawner said.

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 10.22.17, 13:46