A group of suspected Islamic militants have attacked a jail in the southern Philippines, freeing at least 31 prisoners, prison officials say. Two people, including a prison guard, are believed to have been killed during a gunfight as the prisoners escaped. Basilan island’s Vice Governor Al Rasheed Sakalahul told the Associated Press the gunmen had wanted to free Muslim guerrillas held in the jail.

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