6 more Marawi residents rescued
after wandering for 40 days -- military

GOVERNMENT troops rescued six more residents from strife-torn Marawi City after they wandered for about 40 days trying to find a way out, according to the military.

In a live broadcast of the news conference, Lt. Col. Campos, commander of the the 1^st Infantry Battalion, said the six were caught in the fighting between the armed forces and the Islamic State-inspired Maute group, which has waged war against the government as it bid to establish a caliphate in Mindanao with Islamist leader Isnilon Hapilon as its emir.