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Among those killed were three suspects in the bombing of a Catholic mass at a school in the southern city of Marawi last month.

Philippine troops killed nine suspected Muslim militants in the volatile south, including two key suspects in a bomb attack last month that left four Christian worshippers dead, the army said Saturday. Four army scout rangers were slightly wounded in Thursday’s operation against the Dawlah Islamiyah, a small outfit aligned with the Islamic State group, in the hinterland village of Taporug near Piagapo town in Lanao del Sur province, army spokesman Col. Louie Dema-ala said. Maj. Gen. Gabriel Viray III, an army infantry division commander, said the militants retreated from fierce exchan...

MANILA – Government troops killed nine members of a pro-Islamic State group in southern Philippines, the military said on Jan 27, including two suspects in a deadly blast at a Roman Catholic mass in Marawi city in December. Four soldiers were wounded during counter-terrorism operations on Jan 25 and 26 in Lanao del Sur province, the military said in a...

Rest of World News: Philippine troops have killed nine suspected members of the Dawlah Islamiyah, a militant group aligned with the Islamic State, in the southern region of the country. This includes two key suspects involved in a recent bomb attack that claimed the lives of four Christian worshippers. Read more about the operation and the ongoing threat of local terrorist groups.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops killed nine suspected militants in the volatile south, including two key suspects in a bomb attack last month that left four Christian worshippers dead, the army said Saturday. Four army scout rangers were slightly wounded in Thursday’s operation against the Dawlah Islamiyah, a small outfit aligned with the Islamic […]