'They kill defenceless people': thousands flee Philippine city of Marawi

Three-day battle between army and Isis-linked Maute insurgents for city on island of Mindanao has left at least 46 dead

The CCTV monitor was showing a live feed of gunmen in the hospital lobby. From the safety of another floor, Jan Yamit, a 23-year-old health worker, watched in horror as the militants shot a police officer and then a security guard before storming into the building.

"I can't explain what I was feeling. I was nervous. I am pissed by those kinds of people. They kill defenceless people," he said of the attack in Marawi, a city on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.