Troops battle Islamist militants in Mindanao


PHILIPPINE troops aboard helicopters and in armoured tanks battled Islamist militants inside a southern city today, as reports emerged of the gunmen murdering civilians.

An initial rampage by the gunmen, who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, through the mainly Muslim city of Marawi on Tuesday prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to impose martial law across the southern third of the Philippines.


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