Remains of 8 Marines out of 13 killed in Marawi clash arrive in Manila

The remains of eight of the 13 Marines who were killed in a clash with terrorist forces in Marawi City on Friday arrived in Manila Sunday evening.

Dumating na sa Villamor Airbase ang labi ng walo sa 13 na Marines na nasawi sa Marawi City. | via @VargasMannysen pic.twitter.com/Tx1n28PS9L

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) June 11, 2017

According to a tweet by GMA's Super Radyo dzBB, Major Commandant Major General Emmanuel Salamat condoled with the families of the soldiers—members of the Marine Battalion Landing Teams (MBLT) 5 and 7—who were killed in action.

Nagpaabot ng pakikiramay si Marines Commandant Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Salamat sa mga kamag-anak ng mga nasawing marines. | @VargasMannysen pic.twitter.com/pf51GZQ9Eg

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) June 11, 2017

The Marines were killed in a 16-hour firefight against an undetermined number of Maute group members in Barangay Lilod Madaya that started at around 3:30 a.m. on Friday.

Among those killed was First Lieutenant Frederick Savellano, Commander of the MBLT's 37th Marine Company, the same group that discovered P52 million in cash and P17-million worth of checks in a Maute group hideout in Barangay Mapandi last week. — Jon Viktor D. Cabuenas/BM, GMA News