The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is validating reports from the battleground in Marawi City that a key leader of the Islamic State-linked Maute Group was killed by soldiers.
In a statement on Sunday, Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla, spokesman for the AFP, said a Maute leader was among the casualties in the clearing operations being carried out by state troops.
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