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11:05, 21-Jun-2017
Philippines military says hostage drama resolved
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Updated at 12:20 p.m.
The hostage drama that unfolded at a primary school in the southern Philippines
on Wednesday has been resolved, a military spokesman said, with Islamist militants who held people hostage withdrawing and leaving no casualties behind.
"It's already resolved and the school is safe again," Brigadier General Restituto Padilla told reporters, adding that no children were taken hostage.
However, Padilla also said the military was investigating
whether five civilians are still being held by the militants.
whether five civilians are still being held by the militants.
Updated at 11:05 a.m.
Pro-ISIL militants stormed a school in North Cotobato in the Philippines
early on Wednesday and held several students hostage, police said.
The attack came as the fighting between government troops and Islamists entered its fifth
week.
A police report said about 300 armed men, among them members of the
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), stormed a school in Pigcawayan
town in North Cotabato Province on Mindanao island.
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