29 November 2016

News Story: Philippine troops killed 11 IS gunmen

IS Flag on top of abandoned municipal hall of Butig
Hanoi (VNA) – The Philippine troops have launched an assault on the Maute group militants, killing 11 and injured five others.

According to Restituto Padilla, a military spokesman, two soldiers were reported wounded during the fight between the Maute group militants and the military on November 26.

The military launched an offensive against the Maute Group after its members occupied the old and abandoned municipal hall of Butig town, a remote mountainous areas mostly inhabited by Muslim people in Mindanao.

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