Philippines rebels attack second city

Authorities check the bodies of suspected Muslim rebels as a standoff between the government troopers and Muslim rebels, who have taken scores of hostages and used them as human shields, continues for the fifth straight day Friday Sept.13, 2013 at Zamboanga city in southern Philippines.

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Fighting between security forces and rogue Muslim rebels seeking to declare an independent state escalated in a southern Philippine city on Thursday and spread to a second island, officials said. U.S.-trained commandos exchanged gunfire with a breakaway faction of the MNLF holding dozens of hostages in Zamboanga City, on the southernmost island of Mindanao, army spokesman Domingo Tutaan said.Read More

Residents scramble to fetch water to douse burning houses after a clash between government soldiers and Muslim rebels from the MNLF in Zamboanga city.Read More

Residents attempt to put out the fire from their burning houses after a firefight between security forces and Muslim rebels from the MNLF in Zamboanga city, in southern Philippines.Read More

Pigeons fly as villagers wait for their ride to an evacuation center after authorities ordered a forced evacuation of their village in the ongoing standoff between Government troopers and Muslim rebels Friday, Sept. 13, 2013 at Zamboanga city in southern Philippines.Read More