Security operations at the Davao Gulf intensified to prevent members of the Islamic State-linked Maute group from entering Eastern Mindanao by sea, an official of the Philippine Navy announced on Saturday.

In an interview, Lieutenant James Reyes, public affairs chief, for the Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao (NFEM), said the NFEM was inspecting civilian boats and ships.

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