THIRTEEN suspected members of the Maute group were killed in a clash with government troops in Marawi City early Thursday, according to a radio report.

The report said authorities were trying to determine whether one of the fatalities was Dr. Mahmud Ahmad, identified as a Malaysian terrorist and financier of the Islamist State-inspired Maute.

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