Carmalia Baunto, 42, shows an image of herself and her husband, Nixon Baunto, who is trapped inside the besieged town of Marawi City, Philippines June 21, 2017. Picture taken June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Simon Lewis
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Trapped in a war zone, Carmalia Baunto's husband, Nixon, had been trying for weeks to stay alive as Islamist guerrillas and Philippine government forces battled for control of Marawi City.
With the fighting raging around him, Nixon texted and called throughout, until just over a week ago when the messages stopped abruptly, leaving his wife praying that it was just his cellphone battery that had died.
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