In need of closure: (From left) Alma, Evelyn Powao and Melgie showing photos of their husbands in Iligan city. — AFP
Iligan: Ten men from the same family vanished after militants invaded the Philippine city of Marawi a year ago – each day since, their wives have prayed their bones do not lie in its devastated landscape.
The women have been told to accept their husbands were likely among the 1,200 killed in the five-month battle that flattened swathes of the city, but they refuse to move on until they know for sure.
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