Marawi militants in their teens, say evacuees

Philipine marines walk on their way to an assault on the hide out of Muslim militants near the town center in Marawi, in southern island of Mindanao. - AFP

ILIGAN CITY: Bold, daring and unusually playful.

This was how evacuees described many of the Maute group terrorists who have besieged Marawi for a week now, prompting Philippine President Duterte to declare martial law for 60 days in all of Mindanao and sending thousands of residents fleeing the city.