Troops recover Maute firearms on Lake Lanao

MILITARY troops in Marawi City recovered from underwater - arms believed thrown there by members of the Islamic Statelinked Maute group as they escaped from the main battle area, the Armed Forces of the

Group Ranao deputy commander, said waterborne personnel from different military units conducted search and clearing operations on Sunday at the Lanao Lake area fronting one of the buildings in Barangay Marinaut that served as the

It is believed that the terrorists, during the last hours of the firefight when they smelled defeat and when they were about to make their final escape, threw their weapons into the

Brawner added the search and clearing operations over

The firearms were recovered 26 days after President Rodrigo Duterte declared Marawi City liberated from the terror

commander of the Philippine Army’s 1st Infantry Division, said the recovered firearms were a caliber 50 machine gun, three M60 machine guns, 12 M14 rifles, four caliber 50 sniper rifles, two AK 47 rifles, two carbine rifles, three FAL rifles and one M79 rifle and

“The recovered armaments are now in our custody while proper documentation and labelling are being undertaken

The five- month Marawi siege claimed more than 1,000 lives

In October, military troopers killed the two top Maute - - ilon and Maute group founder