Government troops have rescued a Roman Catholic priest and a teacher who were among dozens of

people abducted in May when hundreds of militants aligned with the Islamic State group laid siege on
southern Marawi city, officials said Sunday.

Secretary Jesus Dureza, presidential adviser on the peace process, and two senior security officials said
without elaborating that troops retrieved the two late Saturday after a battle to recapture a key mosque
and another Islamic building used as a command center by the gunmen in Marawi.

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