A Catholic priest abducted last week by an Islamic extremist group in the southern Philippines has appeared in a video appealing for the government to halt military offensives in the besieged city of Marawi amid growing fears he will be used as a “human shield”.
A video posted on the Facebook page of Bisaya News shows Rev, Fr. Teresito Suganob from the Prelature of St. Mary in Marawi City, appealing to Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte as sounds of gunfire are heard in the background.
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