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Residents flee Marawi City following clash

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1453120" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><p>Residents of Marawi City fled the city following Tuesday&#x27;s clash between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Maute group.</p><p>Many residents braved the rain to leave Marawi City for Iligan City.</p><p>Mike Abbas and his family are among those who fled. They are waiting for their relatives from Lanao del Norte to help them.</p><p>Officials of Mindanao State University in Marawi City are also evacuating the residents living inside the campus.</p><p>Checkpoints have been set up to check residents and vehicles coming in and going out of the city. </p><p>Meanwhile, photos posted by Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo on Facebook showed residents piled into trucks and vehicles, as they flee the city.</p><p>Some families also fled the city by boat.</p><p>Taguiwalo said the agency is focused on helping affected residents, especially women, children and the elderly. <strong>- with reports from Cris Angelo Andrade, Roxanne Arevalo, Chai Tabunaway, Myrvic Kapunan and Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News</strong></p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/24/evac-1.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/24/evac-2.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/24/evac-3.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/24/evac-4.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/24/evac-5.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/24/evac-6.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/24/evac-7.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/24/evac-8.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/24/evac-9.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/24/evac-10.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/24/evac-11.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/24/evac-12.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/24/evac-13.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/24/evac-14.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/24/evac-15.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></div></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>Residents flee Marawi City following clash</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Residents flee Marawi City following clash</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Residents flee Marawi City following clash</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Residents flee Marawi City following clash <i>Courtesy of Roel Sayson</i></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Residents flee Marawi City following clash <i>Courtesy of Roel Sayson</i></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Residents flee Marawi City following clash</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Residents flee Marawi City following clash</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Residents flee Marawi City following clash</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Residents flee Marawi City following clash</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Residents flee Marawi City following clash</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Residents flee Marawi City following clash <i>Courtesy of DSWD Sec. Judy Taguiwalo on Facebook</i></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Residents flee Marawi City following clash <i>Courtesy of DSWD Sec. Judy Taguiwalo on Facebook</i></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Residents flee Marawi City following clash <i>Courtesy of DSWD Sec. Judy Taguiwalo on Facebook</i></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Residents flee Marawi City following clash <i>Courtesy of DSWD Sec. Judy Taguiwalo on Facebook</i></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Residents flee Marawi City following clash <i>Courtesy of DSWD Sec. Judy Taguiwalo on Facebook</i></p></div></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li>WATCH: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/23/17/watch-duterte-declares-martial-law-in-entire-mindanao">Duterte declares Martial Law in entire Mindanao</a></li></ul>

<p>Residents of Marawi City fled the city following Tuesday's clash between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the terrorist Maute group.</p>

Residents of Marawi City fled the city following Tuesday's clash between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the terrorist Maute group.