{"id":121576,"date":"2017-10-05T04:23:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T08:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=121576"},"modified":"2017-10-05T04:23:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T08:23:13","slug":"maute-now-confined-to-much-smaller-area-afp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/05\/maute-now-confined-to-much-smaller-area-afp\/","title":{"rendered":"Maute now confined to much smaller area: AFP"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_112279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112279\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MARAWI-TANK.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112279\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MARAWI-TANK.jpg\" alt=\"Number of slain lawless elements are placed at 753 while government losses are at 155 since fighting started last May 23 after a botched attempt to arrest Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon and his cohorts.(File photo via PNA)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MARAWI-TANK.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MARAWI-TANK-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Number of slain lawless elements are placed at 753 while government losses are at 155 since fighting started last May 23 after a botched attempt to arrest Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon and his cohorts.(File photo via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Areas controlled by the Maute Group terrorists in Marawi City has now shrunk to around 5 to 7 hectares.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by AFP public affairs Col. Edgard Arevalo in press briefing late Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>This is smaller compared to the 8 to 9 hectares previously reported and is indicative that the military is steadily pushing and constricting the enemy into a much smaller and tigher space.<\/p>\n<p>Arevalo added that remaining numbers of Maute Group terrorists are also down to 40 or 10 fighters lower than previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>Number of slain lawless elements are placed at 753 while government losses are at 155 since fighting started last May 23 after a botched attempt to arrest Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon and his cohorts.<\/p>\n<p>Rescued hostages are now at 1,733 while Marawi City residents slain or executed by the bandits are put at 47.<\/p>\n<p>Recovered Maute weapons are now at 795.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Areas controlled by the Maute Group terrorists in Marawi City has now shrunk to around 5 to 7 hectares. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":112279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[254,21205,14357,12048,16762],"class_list":["post-121576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-abu-sayyaf","tag-col-edgard-arevalo","tag-isnilon-hapilon","tag-marawi-city","tag-maute-group","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}