An ISIS flag is seen displayed at an apartment in Marawi City where a fierce gun battle between government security forces and ISIS-linked groups is raging.
MANILA: Five government troops were injured as police and military clashed with members of the Maute and terrorist groups in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur on Tuesday.
The clashes happened in Brgy. Basak Malulut around 2 p.m. and is still ongoing as of posting time, said Lt. Col. Jo-Ar Herrera, spokesperson of the Army’s 1st Infantry Division said.
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