CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Three suspected financiers of the Islamic State-linked Maute terrorist group were arrested early on Wednesday in a raid in Cagayan de Oro City, the military said on Wednesday.

Troops belonging to the Martial Law Special Action Group also seized explosives and bomb-making materials from a rented house in Barangay Macasandig, which authorities said could have been used for a bomb plot to divert the military’s attention from the ongoing offensive against Maute fighters in Marawi City.

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