KORONADAL CITY—I was home on May 23, 2017, when the Marawi story broke out. “The military and police want us out or they’d consider us supporters of Maute.”Long billows of smoke greeted our approach to Marawi. More than a thousand people died in the five months of fighting in Marawi, with the casualties being “mostly militants,” according to the military. But now, every time I see television reports about Marawi and its ruins, my heart bleeds,” he added. Vene said the free hair cut was payback for the good deeds of the people he had met while living in Marawi.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 08, 2019 18:33 UTC