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Unabated Marawi fighting warrants martial law extension: Gordon
Unabated Marawi fighting warrants martial law extension: Gordon
ABS-CBN News
Published Jul 18, 2017 12:05 PM PHT
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Updated Jul 18, 2017 12:11 PM PHT
Filipino soldiers lie on a mattress at their combat position in a house as government troops continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group in Marawi, July 1, 2017. Jorge Silva, Reuters
President Rodrigo Duterte's call for the extension of martial law in Mindanao is warranted as state forces have yet to quell the terror rampage in Marawi City, Senator Richard Gordon said Tuesday.
"There are still battles ongoing. It's a tough house-to-house battle with snipers," Gordon said in a phone interview with ANC.
The senator also pointed out that kidnappings and jailbreaks possible linked to terror activities were recently monitored in other Mindanao provinces like Zamboanga and Sulu.
"I don't see a problem with it being passed, provided we are properly appraised. And we are going to be appraised of that tomorrow by the Defense people, as well as the military people," Gordon said.
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The death toll in the Marawi crisis has already breached 500 with at least 405terrorists, 97 soldiers and 45 civilians killed as of July 17.
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