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Pro-ISIS rebels storm school in Philippines, students held hostage
« on: June 21, 2017, 10:05:03 am »
About 300 pro-ISIS militants on Wednesday stormed a school in the southern Philippines and are holding students hostage, Reuters reported.

Philippine officials say Muslim rebels are engaging troops in a gunbattle in Pigcawayan town in North Cotabato in an attack that may be an attempt to divert the military's focus away from the militants who have laid siege on southern Marawi city.

Police Chief Inspector Realan Mamon tells The Associated Press by telephone that gunmen belonging to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters raided the village of Malagakit in North Cotabato province at dawn Wednesday and engaged government forces in a firefight. Villagers have fled to safety.

More: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/06/21/pro-isis-rebels-storm-school-in-philippines-students-held-hostage.html
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Re: Pro-ISIS rebels storm school in Philippines, students held hostage
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2017, 01:24:58 pm »
Evil.

This isn't a world war like I or II; but it does seem to be a world war in that this conflict is going on in many countries.
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