Stephen Reilly, the resort’s chief operating officer, said only guards on the complex’s perimeter are armed. The attacker walked into the building and past a lone security guard, who panicked when she saw the suspect’s automatic rifle, said Albayalde, the Manila police official. Police later searched a car and found registration information they haven’t made public. Philippine government forces have been battling ISIS-linked militants on the southern island of Mindanao for control of the city of Marawi for more than a week.Īround midnight Thursday, an armed suspect forced his way into the Resorts World Manila, an upmarket hotel and casino complex near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.Īccording to security footage viewed by police, the gunman entered via the parking lot. “Until any actual proof emerges that ISIS or any other terrorist actor had a role in what police have described as a non-terrorism-related attack, one has to be skeptical of the ISIS claim,” Cruickshank said, adding that Abou al-Kheir al-Arkhebieli would likely be a nom de guerre. But CNN terrorism analyst Paul Cruickshank pointed out that the first claim of responsibility referred to multiple attackers, while the second mentioned only one. The sequencing of ISIS’ claims is not unusual.
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