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A Filipino government troop conducts patrol on a reclaimed former Maute stronghold in Marawi City, Mindanao Island, southern Philippines, 30 May 2017, as fighting between Islamist militants and government forces continues. According to news reports, more than a 100 people have been killed in ongoing clashes between rebels and the Philippine army in Marawi in southern Philippines, a government spokesperson said. At least four rebels from the Maute group - with links to the so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS, ISIL) - and two soldiers were killed on 30 May, government spokesperson Ernesto Abella, said in a press conference. Since the clashes broke out a week ago, the number of casualties has climbed to 104, including 19 civilians, 65 rebels, 17 soldiers and three police officers. The clashes began on 23 May when an army offensive to capture Isnilon Hapilon, leader of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf, also loyal to the IS, and who was sheltered by members of the Maute group in Marawi, had failed. (Photo by Francis R Malasig/EPA)
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