ZAMBOANGA CITY: Revenge was likely the motive behind the killings on Tuesday of two army soldiers who were assisting in the probe on the ambush of a television news team in Marawi City, officials said Wednesday.

Army Colonel Roseller Murillo, commander of the 103rd Infantry Brigade, said the soldiers were slain by a local group whose illegal activities were hit hard by the anti-criminality campaign of the military in Marawi.

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