BREAKING | Omar Maute at Isinilon Hapilon, napatay sa operasyon ng puwersa ng gobyerno ngayong araw ayon sa military sources

BREAKING | Omar Maute at Isinilon Hapilon, napatay sa operasyon ng puwersa ng gobyerno ngayong araw ayon sa military sources

Government forces killed two terrorist leaders in Marawi City, military sources said Monday.

The sources said the military killed Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute of the Maute group.

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There is no report on the status of Abdullah Maute, Omar's brother.

The military set a weekend "target date" to end the Marawi crisis.

Marawi Crisis Management Committee head Zia Alonto Adiong said 17 hostages were rescued on Monday.

As of Sunday, the government lost 162 soldiers, and more than 1,700 otheres were wounded. Government forces killed 817 Maute fighters since fighting broke out on May 23 in Marawi City in Lanao del Sur. There were 47 civilian casualties.

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Hapilon and Maute members pledged allegiance to terror group ISIS. ISIS supposedly groomed Hapilon as its leader in Southeast Asia. The military believes ISIS is planning to set up a caliphate in Marawi City. As the military planned to arrest Hapilon on May 23, Maute members entered Marawi and fought with government troops. The crisis prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to declare martial law in Mindanao.

SOURCE: CNN Philippines

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