The violence flared in Marawi after a botched raid by security forces on a hideout of the Maute, a militant group that has pledged allegiance to Isis. Fighters quickly dispersed, torching buildings and taking over bridges, a hospital, two jails, a church and a college. Duterte said he heard reports they may have beheaded a police chief.
He said Isis must be repelled from the Christian-majority Philippines and he would use all means possible to crush the Maute group and the allied Abu Sayyaf, whatever the consequences.
"Anyone now holding a gun, confronting government with violence, my orders are spare no one, let us solve the problems of Mindanao once and for all," said Duterte, who is from the island, after cutting short a visit to Russia and returning to Manila. "If I think you should die, you will die. If you fight us, you will die. If there's an open defiance, you will die, and if it means many people dying, so be it. That's how it is."SOURCEhttp://www.ibtimes.co.uk/philippines-army-battles-isis-linked-militants-that-invaded-marawi-took-christian-hostages-1623298
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