[ABS-CBN] As the Muslims in this besieged city offered prayers at the end of Ramadan, gunshots were heard early Sunday, just minutes after security forces implemented an 8-hour ceasefire for the celebration of Eid al-Fitr.
The gunshots were heard in the background of a live radio report about congressional prayers for the Eid al-Fitr celebration held at the provincial capitol building. A stray bullet was then reportedly found at the capitol building. No casualties were reported in the incident.
The military has suspended offensives against Maute militants holed up in Marawi City from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. The humanitarian pause is the government's "way of uniting with all our Muslim brothers in the area as they commemorate the Eid," military spokesman Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said.
Padilla said the unilateral truce will be revoked if the rebels begin shooting and jeopardize the safety of troops and civilians.
Officials also guaranteed that troops continued to keep a close watch at all entry and exit points in Marawi amid the ceasefire. Padilla said, "We are confident that the measure we have out in place will prevent any influx of help that may come from other areas and the escape of those who are still inside."
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Militants who stormed a primary school in a southern Philippines town on Wednesday have fled, leaving 31 hostages, including 12 children, unharmed. Military spokesman Restituto Padilla said, "The enemy made a hasty withdrawal, leaving behind 31 hostages, among them 12 youngsters."
Members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters raided a school in Pigcawayan, North Cotabato on Wednesday morning. Witnesses about a kilometer from the school said they could hear gunfire.
Earlier, a BIFF spokesman said they had taken civilians to a safe place after a firefight erupted with troops and did not intend to hold them.
Padilla said it was possible the attack was meant to disrupt an ongoing military offensive against a separate group of Maute militants who laid siege to Marawi in Lanao del Sur province.
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[Bangkok Post] Twelve soldiers and two civilians, one of them a four-year-old girl, were hurt when a motorcycle bomb exploded on a road in Narathiwat province.
After receiving a report Friday evening, a security team found a military truck with the driver's side destroyed and burst front tires on the road lining an irrigation canal in Sungai Kolok district. Fourteen people were injured, 12 of them soldiers. They were found on the road and in the bed of the truck.
The soldiers were on a mission to replace those on duty at Ban Srayor and Ban Arakarn in Sungai Kolok municipality. About a kilometer from their base, men hiding in the roadside forest detonated the bomb buried on the roadside, injurng them and the father and daughter who were riding behind the truck on a motorcycle.
Police suspect insurgents who had warned about more unrest during the period between Ramadan and Hari Raya might have been responsible for the crime.
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[ABS-CBN] As the Muslims in this besieged city offered prayers at the end of Ramadan, gunshots were heard early Sunday, just minutes after security forces implemented an 8-hour ceasefire for the celebration of Eid al-Fitr. 
[Bangkok Post] Twelve soldiers and two civilians, one of them a four-year-old girl, were hurt when a motorcycle bomb exploded on a road in Narathiwat province. 
