Ceasefire in Marawi ends with gunfire, mortar blasts

A Philippine army trooper stands guard on a deserted street near the frontline of the fighting between government troops and militants in Marawi, on the southern island of Mindanao. - AFP

MARAWI CITY: Fighting between Philippine government troops and Islamic State-inspired terrorists resumed in Marawi City on Sunday as soon as an eight-hour ceasefire enforced by the military to allow residents to celebrate the end of Ramadan expired.

Civilian volunteers and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front used the 6am-to-2pm ceasefire to rescue people trapped in the war zone.