The Armed Forces of the Philippines has launched “precise” air strikes in three barangays (villages) in Marawi City as fighting with the remaining members of the IS-linked Maute Group went on the third day. Gumagamit tayo ng surgical air strikes (What we used is very precise. We used surgical air strikes),” Army’s First Infantry Division Lt. Col. Jo-ar Herrera said in a televised press briefing in Marawi City on Thursday. He said they warned the residents through radio and the local government units to leave their homes before they conducted the bomb runs. He also said they believed that Hapilon was still in Marawi City, based on the reports they are receiving from the community.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 25, 2017 09:02 UTC