Desperation builds for civilians in war-torn Philippine city

[Wireless News]

http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/xHd9HqfXz5my7I3LnBGTHg--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/a693e91bbea4e8ddd2f3a2b7b34ea436e4fdd9ad.jpg (https://www.yahoo.com/news/desperation-builds-civilians-war-torn-philippine-city-033453195.html)Camalia Baunto keeps a desperate vigil for news of her husband, trapped just a short walk away in brutal fighting between Islamist militants and government forces that has ruined a Philippine city. Some have made a two-kilometre (1.2-mile) sprint to safety during the three weeks of conflict, risking being shot at by the militants, and Camalia waits every day at a secured government building nearby hoping her husband will run into her arms. The fighting began on May 23 when hundreds of militants rampaged through Marawi, the most important Muslim city in the mainly Catholic Philippines, waving the black flags of the Islamic State (IS) group.



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