'Deaths of terrorists start healing process'

SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao: The deaths of Isnilon Hapilon and Omarkhayam Maute mark the end of the Marawi siege and the beginning of the long process of healing and recovery among the people, according to Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Gov. Mujiv Hataman.

Hataman made the statement after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, in a news conference on Monday morning, confirmed the deaths of the two based on field reports from Marawi City, where the military killed them in separate locations before dawn on Monday, 145 days since the conflict erupted in the city, the capital of Lanao del Sur province.