nextprevPhilippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana declared the last of the pro-Islamic State group militants in southern Marawi city were "finished." He told reporters Monday in Clark that troops recovered 42 bodies of the last group of militant stragglers. Two security officials had told The Associated Press earlier Monday that troops had found the bodies after capturing the building where the militants made their final stand. Lorenzana said hostages the militants had held were recovered a few days earlier. He said, "There are no more militants inside Marawi City."

Source: Fox News October 23, 2017 05:15 UTC