Three soldiers were dead and 52 were wounded in a clash with Maute terrorists that saw the military retake the strategic Bangolo Bridge inside the besieged city of Marawi, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Friday.

Capt. Jo-ann Petinglay, spokeswoman for the AFP’s Western Mindanao Command, said most of the wounded suffered only slight injuries.

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