Philippine extremists carrying Islamic State flags stage mass jailbreak
The jailbreak was carried out by the Maute group - a new band of armed Muslim radicals, who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group
Members of a feared Muslim extremist group have staged a daring jailbreak in the southern Philippines, freeing 28 detainees in an embarrassing setback to the ruthless anti-crime campaign of firebrand President Rodrigo Duterte.
About 50 heavily armed members of the group raided the local jail in the southern city of Marawi on Saturday, freeing eight comrades who had been arrested barely a week ago, police said.
Twenty other detainees, held for other offences, also escaped in the raid, provincial police chief Senior Superintendent Agustine Tello said.
The freed members of the Maute group were arrested on August 22 after soldiers manning an army checkpoint found improvised bombs and pistols in the van they were driving.