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6 foreign jihadist sumaklolo sa Maute

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6 foreign jihadist sumaklolo sa Maute

Bakas ang tuwa sa mga residente habang sakay ng government truck para ilikas mula sa Marawi City at mailayo sa sagupaan ng militar at Maute. (AFP)

MANILA, Philippines - Anim na foreign terrorists ang kabilang ?sa 31 miyembro ng Maute terror group na nasawi sa pakikipaglaban sa militar sa Marawi City.

Kinumpirma ni AFP spokesman B/Gen. Restituto Padilla sa media briefing sa Davao City, na kabilang sa mga nasawing foreign terrorists ay Malaysians, Singaporeans at Indonesians jihadists na Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-inspired.

“There are certain foreign elements aiding these terrorists in skills related to terrorism, primarily bomb-making,” paliwanag ni Gen. Padilla.

“Up to this moment operations are ongoing. There are still firefights between our forces and those of the terrorists and the objective of armed forces is to clear the city,” sabi ni Padilla.

Nilinaw din ng AFP na hindi nila binobomba ang Marawi City bagkus ay nagpatupad lamang ang military ng ‘surgical air strikes’ upang maiwasan na madamay ang mga sibilyan at maiwasan ang damage to property.

“Before it was just a local terrorist group. But now they have subscribed to the ideology of ISIS (Islamic State),” wika naman ni Solicitor General Jose Calida sa nasabing news conference sa Davao City kahapon.

“They want to make Mindanao part of the caliphate,” dagdag ni Solgen Calida.

Plano umano ng Ma­ute group at Islamic State ay magtayo ng “ISIS” province sa Mindanao at hindi lamang ang gobyerno ang ka­nilang target.

“People they consider as infidels, whether Christians or Muslims, are also targets of opportunity. What it worrisome is that the ISIS has radicalized a number of Filipino Muslim youth,” sabi ni Calida.

Idineklara ang Martial Law ni Pangulong Duterte sa pamamagitan ng Proclamation 216 noong Martes ng gabi habang nasa Russia para sa 4-day official visit dahil sa Marawi incident hanggang sa putulin nito ang kanyang biyahe at umuwi ng bansa.

Isisilbi sana ng military ang arrest warrant laban kay Isnilon Hapilon na suspected leader ng Islamic State in Southeast Asia ng manlaban ang Maute group sa mga sundalo hanggang sa sumiklab ang kaguluhan sa Marawi City.

Tiniyak naman ni Padilla na patuloy ang rescue operations sa mga residenteng na-stranded sanhi ng bakbakan.

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