A Philippine military plane carrying at least 92 people, most of them army personnel, has crashed in the southern part of the country on Sunday, the chief of the armed forces reported.

Philippine military plane carrying 92 people crashes; 40 rescued, 45 dead

Ground forces were braced for higher casualties amid fierce fighting in Marawi City on the island of Mindanao, where the field of battle has shrank to a small area in a commercial heart infested with snipers, and littered with booby traps.

Philippine army says taking fire from women, children in Marawi battle

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered security services to go after Abu Sayyaf, an Islamic militant network formed in 1990 that beheaded two foreign hostages

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Philippine military plane carrying 92 people crashes; 40 rescued, 45 dead

Philippine army says taking fire from women, children in Marawi battle

Philippine army: 10 dead in clashes with islamic militants