ISIS-linked militants invade Philippine city, behead police chief, kidnap priest and worshippers

ISIS-linked militants invade Philippine city, behead police chief, kidnap priest and worshippers

Daesh-linked militants swept through a southern Philippine city, beheading a police chief, burning buildings, seizing a priest and his worshippers and raising the flag of Daesh, authorities said Wednesday, May 24. President Rodrigo Duterte, who had declared martial law across the southern third of the nation, warned he may expand it nationwide.

As details of the attack in Marawi city emerged,
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