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Fear, confusion as Philippine Muslim city burns
MARAWI, Philippines: Four hungry chickens clawed at rubbish in a deserted street that smelt of corpses as military helicopters skimmed the rooftops firing rockets while the Philippines’ most beautiful Muslim city burned.
Marawi, a lakeshore city of minarets that is the centre of culture for the mainly Catholic Philippines’ Muslim mi**rity, is nearly empty after gunmen wielding black flags of the Islamic State (IS) group went on a rampage last week. Despite a relentless military campaign, an unk**wn number of gunmen remain held up in pockets of the city and holding hostages, while up to 2,000 residents are trapped. "These guys k**w how to fight. It looks like they have had some training," Marawi city police chief Parson Asadil told AFP on Monday in grudging ack**wledgement as he manned a checkpoint. At least one of his men had been killed and five are missing, he said. The official death toll is 19 civilians, 17 soldiers, three police and 65 militants. It is almost certain to rise. A police commando told reporters in Marawi he suspected the still off-limits public market was full of dead bodies. "The area smells bad," said the commando, Hamid Balimbingan. أكثر... ??????? ??????: Fear, confusion as Philippine Muslim city burns || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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