- Title: Evacuees express anger over southern Philippine siege
- Date: 6th September 2017
- Summary: EVACUEES WALKING INSIDE SHELTER BOY WALKING IN BETWEEN CURTAIN SEPARATION WOMAN HOLDING CHILD INSIDE CURTAINS VARIOUS OF FATHER AND CHILD STANDING IN FRONT OF LEDGE WOMAN ARRANGING BELONGINGS VARIOUS OF FATHER LOOKING ON WHILE HOLDING INFANT EVACUEE SHANI SARAMAL SITTING WHILE OPENING POTS (SOUNDBITE) (Filipino) EVACUEE, SHANI SARAMAL, SAYING: "It was better before I came here and I would prefer being back there and die with everyone together. I would like to go there and fight because we don't have anything here. I want to find those ISIS and kill them. I don't know what we are going to do here. If I see one of those ISIS fighters I will not tell the military, but I will kill them myself." EVACUATION CENTRE IN TOWN OUTSKIRTS VARIOUS OF CHILDREN PLAYING IN FRONT OF EVACUATION CENTRE PHILIPPINE FLAG PERCHED ON TOP OF TENT CHILDREN PLAYING TENTS VARIOUS OF ELDERLY MAN PLOWING BELONGINGS OUTSIDE TENT BOY SITTING WITH INFANT WOMAN FEEDING CHILD INSIDE TENT VARIOUS OF MEN FIXING TENTS (SOUNDBITE) (Filipino) EVACUEE, RUEL SALONI, SAYING: "For me, I feel like I don't want to return. I don't see any livelihood there anymore. I might just look for a new place somewhere." MARAWI CITY, PHILIPPINES (SEPTEMBER 6, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SMOKE COMING FROM BATTLE GROUND IN MARAWI CITY
- Embargoed: 20th September 2017 11:17
- Keywords: Marawi insurgency ISIS evacuees Southern Philippines
- Location: LANAO DEL SUR, MARAWI CITY, PHILIPPINES
- City: LANAO DEL SUR, MARAWI CITY, PHILIPPINES
- Country: Philippines
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Insurgencies
- Reuters ID: LVA0026XGJZUT
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: PART AUDIO AS INCOMING
Evacuees expressed anger on Wednesday (September 6) over the ongoing battle between Philippine government troops and Islamic militants that has devastated parts of Marawi.
More than 800 people have been killed, most of them insurgents, since May 23 when the militants occupied large parts of the predominantly Muslim city.
Evacuee Shani Saramal, who has been staying with her three children in one of the evacuation centres in Saguiran town, about two kilometres from the city, since day one, was upset with the rebels and the firefight, which is now on its 107th day.
The fighting is the biggest security challenge in years for the mostly Catholic Philippines, even though it has a long history of Muslim separatist rebellion in Mindanao, an island of 22 million people that has been placed under martial law until the end of the year. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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