IS sleepers capable of ‘another Marawi’

The leadership of the Philippine Army warned on Tuesday of the existence of Islamic State (IS) sleeper cells across the country, which could mount another attack in the scale of the Marawi City siege one year ago.

Lt. Gen. Rolando Joselito Bautista, the Army commanding general, said the military discovered the sleeper cells during their campaign against Maute terrorists that attacked the Islamic city last year, which resulted in the deaths of more than 1,000 persons including uniformed men, civilians and terrorists.