Marawi: In a daring jailbreak staged in the southern Phillipines, Muslim extremists who support the Islamic State freed 23 detainees in the latest in a series of mass escapes, officials said yesterday. About 50 heavily armed members of the Maute group raided the local jail in Marawi on Mindanao Island and freed eight comrades who were arrested barely a week ago, police said.

Philippine soldiers guarding members of the Maute extremist group in the southern island of Mindanao, a day after they were arrested. They were freed by their comrades yesterday. Pic/AFP