Philippine soldiers return to camp after an armed encouter with members of the militant group Abu Sayyaf, one of several Muslim gangs on the southern island of Mindanao on August 26, 2016.
ILIGAN (Philippines): Muslim militants carrying Islamic State (IS) group insignia have staged a daring jailbreak in the southern Philippines, freeing 28 detainees in the latest in a series of mass escapes, officials said Sunday.
About 50 heavily armed members of the Maute group raided the local jail in the southern city of Marawi on Saturday, freeing eight comrades who had been arrested barely a week ago, police said.
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