At least 4,000 evacuees returned to their homes Sunday, five months after the Maute group seized strategic areas in Marawi City, forcing hundreds of thousands of residents to flee. “Those that we have allowed to enter Marawi City are residents of Basak Malutlut [village only],” Brawner told reporters in an interview in Marawi City. Brawner said a curfew will be imposed in Basak Malutlut village. John Guyguyon, the chief of the Lanao del Sur Provincial Police Office, said the curfew is to protect the returning evacuees. He added that government forces will not be entering the residences of the Maranao evacuees who have just returned to their households.

Source: Manila Times October 29, 2017 17:15 UTC