ZAMBOANGA CITY: The number of military casualties continue to mount as security forces battle local Islamin State (IS)-style terrorists for nearly three months after they occupied Marawi City.
Captain Jo-ann Petinglay, spokesman for the Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom), said some 122 soldiers have died since fighting broke out on May 23 that also killed 45 civilians. It said 539 militants were allegedly slain, but most of the reports came from unverified intelligence sources and not based from bodies recovered in the battlefield.
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