ILIGAN CITY — The Army is pursuing remnants of the Islamic State-linked Dawlah Islamiya-Maute Group after an encounter on Sunday in the hinterlands of Lanao del Norte that resulted in the death of a member. Troops from the Army’s 3rd Scout Ranger Battalion under Joint Task Group Magbalantay encountered Dawlah Islamiya-Maute members while conducting a decisive military operation in Sitio Palangakon, Barangay Pawak, Salvador town, past 6 p.m. on November 9. The troops were first fired upon by three heavily armed terrorists in a gunfight that lasted about 20 minutes, resulting in one fatality, later identified as Ibrahim Ampaso, also […]... Keep on reading: Army hunts Dawlah Islamiya-Maute remnants after Lanao clash