Clear of militants: An armoured vehicle moving along in Bangon district, Marawi City, where Amin Baco (inset) was hiding in a mosque.
KOTA KINABALU: Malaysian militant Mohd Amin Baco@Abu Jihad (pic) could have slipped out of a military cordon at a mosque in Marawi City after offering to surrender with his group days earlier.
Intelligence sources said the 34-year-old was holed up with about 30 Islamic State (IS) gunmen at the mosque in Sabala Manao village that was surrounded by Philippines military snipers.
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