BANGSAMORO NEWS UPDATES

LANAO DEL SUR ---- Rescue and relief experts deployed in dangerous areas in Marawi City got praises on Sunday for heroic acts in very dangerous situations.A Maranaw lawmaker, Zia Alonto Adiong of the 24-seat Regional Assembly in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said he admires them for putting their lives on the line everyday to help conflict-stricken residents. I’m so inspired watching their heroism unfold each day, ordinary people doing extraordinary jobs.

LANAO DEL SUR --- Three policemen were injured when Maute terrorists ambushed late Saturday a police convoy in Pantar town in Lanao del Norte.Chief Supt.

MARAWI CITY- Civilians still trapped in Marawi’s war zone strive for survival as the battle to free the city of the remaining militants rages on to its third week.The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao's Humanitarian Emergency Action and Response Team (ARMM-HEART) has a seven-man team deployed in the city since Day 2 of the crisis to help in rescuing stranded civilians.

LANAO DEL SUR ---- Officials are scrambling to account for more than half of the 1,424 public school teachers in Marawi City who ran away when terrorists laid siege in their villages.As of June 10, only 675 teachers assigned in different schools in the besieged city have reported their exact locations and confirmed to officials of the Marawi City Schools Division that they are safe.Zenaida Unte, assistant city schools superintendent, said on Saturday they are still trying to locate the teachers in evacuation sites in Lanao del Sur and in Iligan City in Region 10, about an hour away from

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MARAWI CITY – While performing the Friday noontime prayer inside a Mosque in this war-torn city, a 15-year-old boy was killed after he was hit by a stray bullet from
cal. 50 sniper's rifle at about noon today.The victim, Abdillah
Dimang-Ampong Masid, is a 6th grader of Datu Saber Elementary School
in the city. He was buried at 3 p.m.
today.

His parents
told reporters they were performing the Friday noontime prayer when a bullet
hit him in his left ear. He died on the
spot.

LANAO DEL SUR --- Lawmen shot dead an alleged drug lord and financier of the Maute terror group during a law-enforcement operation before dawn Wednesday in Malabang town in Lanao del Sur.The fatality, Nago Balindong, a scion of a big Maranaw clan in Malabang, is among the top ten most wanted drug dealers in Lanao del Sur, a component province of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).Combined personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-ARMM, the Army’s 6thInfantry Battalion and the local police were to peacefully arrest Balindong in his hideout in Barangay Jose Abad Santos

A disturbing video has been posted online recently. In the video, alleged members of the Maute Group and Abu Sayyaf are seen burning parts of St. Mary's Cathedral in Marawi City, destroying images of Jesus Christ and Mary, and desecrating our Catholic brothers and sisters' place of worship.This is inhumane and unacceptable -- their acts mirror that of the Khawarij and their belief betrays those of our faith.

LANAO DEL SUR --- The Regional Darul Iftah in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on Wednesday branded as un-Islamic the desecration of a Catholic church in Marawi City by terrorists.The Darul Iftah, also known as the House of Opinions, is a group of moderate clerics from across the autonomous region, among them graduates of Islamic schools in the Middle East and North Africa.In a common statement Wednesday, members of the Darul Iftah said the destruction of statues and other religious symbols in the St.

LANAO DEL SUR --- Authorities warned to arrest peddlers of fake identification cards to residents of troubled areas required to bring along credentials when they move around as required by martial law.Policemen securing highways confirmed on Monday the proliferation of identification cards bearing names of pro-federalism blocs with superimposed photos of Duterte, carried by motorists and passengers of public conveyances.Lawyer Kirby Abdullah, local government secretary of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), said on Monday that they are also validating now the reported issuances