MARAWI CITY: Philippine troops found bundles of banknotes and cheques worth about US$1.6mil (RM6.8mil) abandoned by militants holed up in Marawi City, a discovery the military said was evidence that the fighters were pulling back.
Fighters linked to Islamic State have been cornered in a built-up sliver of the southern lakeside town after two weeks of intense combat.
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