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[CNNPHILIPPINES] Thirty-seven members of the Maute terror group, including four foreign suspects, were killed in a series of encounters in Lanao del Sur, the military said Tuesday.
Ground and air strikes against the terror group began early morning on April 22 in Barangay Gacap, in the town of Piagapo in Lanao del Sur, said Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief General Eduardo Año, in a chance interview with news hounds.
Among those killed were members of the local Maute group, and three Indonesians and one Malaysian who were members of Jemaah Islamiyah, an Indonesia-based terror group with links to Al Qaeda, Año said.
The military believes Maute members obtained their long firearms from an Indonesian terrorist affiliated with Jemaah Islamiyah.
After nearly three days of fighting, government troops seized the Maute group's "main camp" in Piagapo on Monday, the military added.
Authorities recovered a flag with ISIS insignia, rifle and fragmentation grenades, other items used for making explosives, cellphones, and camouflage uniforms, said Lt. Gen Carlito Galvez, chief of the military's Western Mindanao Command, in a press briefing on Monday.
A passport belonging to an Indonesian national was also recovered, he said. 
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