Army Col. Romeo Brawner has said troops were aiming to end the crisis before midnight Sunday. The fighting has left at least 1,131 people dead, including 919 militants and 165 soldiers and policemen. While the fighting raged at noon on Sunday, troops continued to us loudspeakers to ask the gunmen to surrender, Brawner said. The two governments have deployed surveillance aircraft and drones to help Filipino troops rout the Marawi militants. Last Monday, troops killed the final two surviving leaders of the siege, including Isnilon Hapilon, who is listed among the FBI’s most-wanted terror suspects in the world, and Omarkhayam Maute.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 23, 2017 03:56 UTC