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| Wounded and frightened guests fled a shooting early Friday morning at a popular hotel casino in Manila, the Philippine capital, as tactical police units flooded the area amid fears of a possible terrorist attack. | Wounded and frightened guests fled a shooting early Friday morning at a popular hotel casino in Manila, the Philippine capital, as tactical police units flooded the area amid fears of a possible terrorist attack. |
| Social media photos and videos from the scene showed people leaving Resorts World Manila in the Pasay City neighborhood, some carried away on stretchers. The sounds of gunfire could be heard. | Social media photos and videos from the scene showed people leaving Resorts World Manila in the Pasay City neighborhood, some carried away on stretchers. The sounds of gunfire could be heard. |
| Resorts Manila said on its Twitter account that it was “currently on lockdown following reports of gunfire from unidentified men” and “we ask for your prayers during these difficult times.” | |
| At least 25 people were injured and taken to hospitals, a spokesman for the Pasay Chapter of the Philippine Red Cross told the Manila Times. Some of the wounded were injured jumping from the hotel’s second floor balconies to escape the shooting, the spokesman, Fernando Atienza told the paper. | |
| “Our police are already in the area,” said a police officer at the Pasay City Tactical Operations Center, adding that SWAT teams were on the ground. “We’re in the area to verify the incident. We don’t know the casualties. It’s an ongoing operation.” | “Our police are already in the area,” said a police officer at the Pasay City Tactical Operations Center, adding that SWAT teams were on the ground. “We’re in the area to verify the incident. We don’t know the casualties. It’s an ongoing operation.” |
| Local news media reported that explosions had been heard coming from the vicinity of the hotel, which is across a road from the city’s international airport. | |
| Resorts World Manila is the largest casino resort in the country, according to its website. | Resorts World Manila is the largest casino resort in the country, according to its website. |
| The authorities have not yet confirmed who may be behind the attack, but Rita Katz, director of the Site Intelligence Group, which tracks extremist propaganda, wrote on Twitter that a Filipino operative of the Islamic State had said “lone wolf soldiers” were responsible. | |
| Since May, the country’s military has been locked in a pitched battle against Islamist groups allied with the Islamic State on the restive southern island of Mindanao. President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law there and warned that terrorist incidents could spread through the country. | Since May, the country’s military has been locked in a pitched battle against Islamist groups allied with the Islamic State on the restive southern island of Mindanao. President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law there and warned that terrorist incidents could spread through the country. |
| The Mindanao fighting has been centered around the city of Marawi, where thousands of residents have fled amid the mayhem. Clashes escalated last week between the security forces and members of the Abu Sayyaf extremist group who have aligned themselves with the Islamic State. | |
| The military advanced into Marawi after having received reports that Isnilon Hapilon, an Abu Sayyaf leader who has declared fealty to the Islamic State, had been spotted in the area. |