A number of Maute members have been captured by the AFP and the Philippine National Police outside Marawi, including Maute elders Cayamora and Farhana and suspected bomb-maker Mohammad Maute. The AFP spokesman said the arrest of some of relatives of the Maute brothers Omar and Abdullah does not mean Iligan and Cagayan de Oro were free of any Maute men. “This is why ever since, we have heightened the security postures…of not only in Marawi but in Iligan and Cagayan de Oro,” Padilla said. As of the latest count released by the AFP, 225 members of the Maute group have been killed after 26 days of fighting in Marawi City. It will thus be unable to do a repeat of Marawi in Iligan and Cagayan de Oro, he claimed.

Source: Manila Times June 16, 2017 16:52 UTC