AT LEAST 6,400 evacuees from nine villages (barangay) returned to their homes in Marawi, an official from the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said on Friday, more than a week after President Rodrigo declared that the five-month war in the city was over.

Assistant Secretary Kristoffer Purisima said that the 6,462 evacuees would be home by November 4, Saturday, and assured them that the government would provide for their immediate needs.

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