PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday apologized to the Maranao people for declaring martial law in Mindanao and for the destruction wrought by the Islamic State-linked Maute group in Marawi City.

In remarks during his visit to an evacuation center in Iligan City, the President said he was left with no choice but to declare martial law to wipe the Maute terrorists.

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