Military allays public's fears over air strikes

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/01/28/airstrike.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">A Philippine Air Force UH-1 helicopter hovers above a field as smoke billows from buildings in Marawi City&#x27;s central district following aerial attacks from government forces. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News </cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MARAWI CITY - Bombs dropped from attack helicopters here are aimed at positions of Maute extremists, the military said Sunday, as it allayed the public&#x27;s fears the bombardments would result in collateral damage.</p><p>The &quot;surgical air strikes&quot; continued as the death toll mounted on the sixth day of fighting that prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to place the entire Mindanao under martial law.</p><p>&quot;We are assuring to the public that we are using precision and proportionate force to pin down the enemy,&quot; said regional military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera.</p><p>&quot;As of now, we have no reported collateral damage or rather victims during the [operations], wala tayong reports na ganun,&quot; he said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles" title="">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/28/17/watch-air-strikes-as-marawi-fighting-enters-6th-day">WATCH: Air strikes as Marawi fighting enters 6th day </a></li></ul><p>Aliasgar Ibrahim, 42, said he was worried his pregnant wife and 6 children, who are still trapped in the city center.</p><p>&quot;Pinipilit ko pong makapunta diyan pero mahirap talagang puntahan. Hindi ko alam kung makakadaan kami o hindi,&quot; he said frustrated, shedding tears as he longs to see his kids again.</p><p>(I was really trying to go there, but it was hard. I did not know where we can pass safely.)</p><ul class="op-related-articles" title="Read:">	<li><strong>Read: </strong> <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/27/17/i-dont-know-if-they-are-still-alive-father-longs-for-children-wife-trapped-in-marawi">Father longs for children, wife trapped in Marawi </a></li></ul><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/01/28/aliasgaribrahim.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Aliasgar Ibrahim tries to hold back tears as he shares the pain of having a family still trapped in the war-torn city of Marawi. <cite> Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News </cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>Herrera said security forces have &quot;contained&quot; Marawi to restrict the movement of the rebels.</p><p>A 62-year-old man in an evacuation center, who escaped from the city proper, showed to ABS-CBN his wounded leg from a bomb splinter. </p><p>The man, who requested not to be named, said he jumped to safety when a bomb exploded about 10 steps away from him but he was hit with splinters after a second bomb exploded.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/01/28/bombsplinters2017.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">A senior citizen in an evacuation center shows ABS-CBN News the wounds he got from bomb splinters. <cite> Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News </cite></div></figcaption></figure></div>

<p>Bombs dropped from attack helicopters here are aimed at positions of Maute extremists, the military said Sunday as it allayed the public's fears the bombardments would result in collateral damage.</p>

Bombs dropped from attack helicopters here are aimed at positions of Maute extremists, the military said Sunday as it allayed the public's fears the bombardments would result in collateral damage.

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Military allays public's fears over air strikes

Military allays public's fears over air strikes

Patrick Quintos,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 28, 2017 03:54 PM PHT

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Updated May 29, 2017 11:51 AM PHT

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