Gunfight erupts between government troops and Islamic militants in the southern Philippines

Record ID: 876902

  • Title: Gunfight erupts between government troops and Islamic militants in the southern Philippines
  • Date: 25th May 2017
  • Summary: MARAWI CITY, PHILIPPINES (MAY 25, 2017) (REUTERS) SOLDIERS IN POSITION WHILE MOTORCYCLE RIDER PASSES BY SOLDIERS FIRING RIFLES FROM TRUCK SOLDIERS TAKING POSITION NEAR WALL SOLDIERS CROUCHING WHILE GUNSHOTS CAN BE HEARD IN BACKGROUND SOLDIERS MOVING POSITION
  • Embargoed: 8th June 2017 04:33
  • Keywords: Marshall Law in Marawi Maute group Islamic militants assault gunfight soldiers military
  • Location: MARAWI CITY, PHILIPPINES
  • City: MARAWI CITY, PHILIPPINES
  • Country: Philippines
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Insurgencies
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016IC5XDX
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Government troops clashed with Islamic militants in the southern Philippines on Thursday (May 25) as the gun fight continued on its second day.
    The clash was about 700 metres from a nearby military camp in Marawi City where the Islamic State-linked Maute group occupied parts of the city and burned down several establishments on Tuesday (May 23), which prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to cut his trip to Russia and declare martial law to the entire southern island of Mindanao.
    Thirteen militants and seven members of the security forces have so far been killed and 33 troops wounded in the fighting, according to the military.
    The Maute and Abu Sayyaf militant groups have pledged allegiance to Islamic State, also known as ISIS, and have proved fierce opponents for the military as Duterte seeks to crush extremists and prevent radical Islamist ideology from spreading in the Philippines.
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