Gunfire, Explosions Reported At Resort In Philippines

OR RAQQAH. IF IT ESTABLISHES ITSELF IN MORE
ROCCO, A WHOLE NOW BALL GAME. >>> INKY, CAN YOU TELL US YOUR
LAST NAME AND TELL US WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE GROUND?
>> Reporter: HI, MOST OF THE REPORTS ARE FROM LOCAL NETWORKS
AND SOCIAL MEDIA. WHAT THIS CONFIRMS ARE THERE
WERE DEFINITELY MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS THAT WERE HEARD IN THE
AREA AND PEOPLE STARTED RUNNING OUT.
SO THE INJURIES, THEY'RE NOT CONFIRMED FATALITIES, JUST
INJURIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO RUSHED OUT.
SOME CLAIM THAT THEY HAD TO JUMP FROM THE SECOND FLOOR TO GET OUT
OF THE BUILDING. THERE ARE NO CONFIRMATIONS ON
EXPLOSIONS, BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY FIRE AT RESORTS WORLD
NOW BECAUSE THERE IS SMOKE VISIBLE FROM OUTSIDE THE
BUILDING. THERE ARE ALSO, FROM THE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE BUILDING, THEY MENTIONED
THAT THEY SAW SEVERAL GUNMEN WHOSE FACES WERE COVERED.
THEY WEREN'T SPECIFIC IF THEY WERE SKI MASKS OR JUST OTHER
MASKS. >> INKY, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
THIS RESORT, THIS CASINO, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THIS RESORT IS
LIKE? IS THERE ANY INDICATION ON THE
LOCAL MEDIA YOU'RE WATCHING THAT THIS COULD BE A CIVILIAN
CRIMINAL? >> PARDON ME?
>> COULD THIS BE A BOTCHED ROBBERY?
WE'RE GETTING IMAGES, AND BEAR WITH ME, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL
HAPPENING AS WE SPEAK. TELL US ABOUT THIS CASINO AND
ANY INFORMATION FROM LOCAL REPORTS ABOUT WHETHER THIS COULD
BE SOME SORT OF BOTCHED ROBBERY. >> YES, THERE IS NO INDICATION
THAT THIS WAS A BOTCHED ROBBERY. IT'S A BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO GET
INFORMATION NOW BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY LOCKED DOWN THE AREA.
AND SO ALL OF THE MEDIA AND PRESS CANNOT EVEN GO NEAR THE
ENTRANCE OF RESORTS WORLD CURRENTLY.
>> WHO GOES TO RESORTS WORLD? IS IT LOCALS, TOURISTS?
>> Reporter: IT'S MOSTLY LOCAL TOURISTS, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE
EVENING. IT'S REALLY JUST A CASINO THAT'S
OPEN AT RESORTS WORLD. IT'S AN INTEGRATED COMPLEX, SO
THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, AND THEN WHAT'S
OPEN 24 HOURS IS THE CASINO. IF THE GUNFIRE STARTED AT
MIDNIGHT, THEN THAT MEANS IT WAS JUST THE CASINO PATRONS THAT
WERE RUNNING OUT. THE VIP AREA IS ON A HIGHER
FLOOR, SO I THINK THEY MENTIONED THAT IS WHERE THE FIRE HAD
STARTED, ON THE HIGHER FLOORS. NOT ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
>> INKY, DO WE HAVE ANY CONFIRMATIONS OF FATALITIES?
I COULDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND YOU BEFORE.
>> I'M SORRY. NO, THERE ARE NO CONFIRMED
FATALITIES, JUST INJURED PEOPLE WHO GOT INJURED ON THEIR WAY
OUT. >> NOW, INKY, TELL ME ABOUT THE
UNREST IN YOUR COUNTRY. >> CURRENTLY THERE IS THE
TROUBLE HAPPENING DOWN IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES IN RAMAWI
CITY. THERE IS A GROUP THAT THE
MILITARY IS TRYING TO QUELL. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE MOST OF
THE AREA SECURED, AND THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I MEAN, THERE'S JUST A SMALLER NUMBER NOW OF THESE PEOPLE.
BUT THEY ARE IN THE AREA, SO THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO
EVACUATE ALL THE CIVILIANS WHO ARE STILL IN MARAWI CITY.
THAT AND THERE IS STILL THE CONTINUING DRUG WAR OF THE
PRESIDENT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
>> INKY -- >> ALSO, LOCKDOWN HAS BEEN
DECLARED ON THE WHOLE REGION. >> GOT IT.
THAN

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