47 deadADVERTISEMENT“In the Geneva Convention, under the subconvention on humanitarian protection, the state should exert efforts to connect and link the missing persons and relatives. More than 160 people were reported missing at the height of the crisis, which started when terrorists laid siege to Marawi on May 23 last year. Sharing info“They have stopped sending us reports so we have no idea … if they found any of the missing persons or what happened to them,” Adiong told the Inquirer by telephone. Adiong hoped that nongovernment groups and local families could work together to determine the fate of the missing persons. Housing Undersecretary Felix Castro Jr. said the Task Force Bangon Marawi had no hand in efforts to locate the missing victims.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 19, 2018 21:25 UTC