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10th day of Marawi fighting starts with fresh airstrikes
10th day of Marawi fighting starts with fresh airstrikes
ABS-CBN News
Published Jun 01, 2017 09:58 AM PHT
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Updated Jun 01, 2017 10:24 AM PHT

MANILA - A military helicopter unleashed more rockets on positions held by the rebels in Marawi City on Thursday, marking the 10th day of the crisis that has triggered martial rule in all of Mindanao island.
MANILA - A military helicopter unleashed more rockets on positions held by the rebels in Marawi City on Thursday, marking the 10th day of the crisis that has triggered martial rule in all of Mindanao island.
Video from ABS-CBN News' Edwin Sevidal shows dark smoke billowing from where a government fighter jet dropped bombs around 8 a.m.
Video from ABS-CBN News' Edwin Sevidal shows dark smoke billowing from where a government fighter jet dropped bombs around 8 a.m.
PANOORIN: Air strike, muling isinagawa sa ika-10 araw ng #MarawiClash pic.twitter.com/8nGzVPLZCY | via @EdSevidalDZMM
— DZMM TeleRadyo (@DZMMTeleRadyo) June 1, 2017
PANOORIN: Air strike, muling isinagawa sa ika-10 araw ng #MarawiClash pic.twitter.com/8nGzVPLZCY | via @EdSevidalDZMM
— DZMM TeleRadyo (@DZMMTeleRadyo) June 1, 2017
The airstrike came some 2 hours after the rumble of cannons and gunfire clattered throughout the city.
The airstrike came some 2 hours after the rumble of cannons and gunfire clattered throughout the city.
President Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao on Tuesday last week, when the hardline Maute and Abu Sayyaf laid siege to Marawi after the government attempted but failed to arrest terror leader Isnilon Hapilon.
President Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao on Tuesday last week, when the hardline Maute and Abu Sayyaf laid siege to Marawi after the government attempted but failed to arrest terror leader Isnilon Hapilon.
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Government forces have since retaken 90 percent of Marawi, but the rebels had kept up the fight with rifles and ammunition stolen from a police station, a prison, and an armored police vehicle, military spokesman Restituto Padilla said Wednesday.
Government forces have since retaken 90 percent of Marawi, but the rebels had kept up the fight with rifles and ammunition stolen from a police station, a prison, and an armored police vehicle, military spokesman Restituto Padilla said Wednesday.
The crisis has claimed the lives of 129 people, including 89 militants, 21 security forces and 19 civilians.
The crisis has claimed the lives of 129 people, including 89 militants, 21 security forces and 19 civilians.
The government on Wednesday said another rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) had agreed to help get civilians out of Marawi and had accepted Duterte's unconventional offer for communists, separatists and the military to unite against radical Islam. -- With Reuters
The government on Wednesday said another rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) had agreed to help get civilians out of Marawi and had accepted Duterte's unconventional offer for communists, separatists and the military to unite against radical Islam. -- With Reuters
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