Civilians executed

Bodies of civilians dumped near Philippines city

The death toll in a battle over the southern city of Marawi, 800 kilometres south of Manila, has reached more than 100, including 18 civilians.

Among the civilians killed, eight were men were believed to have been executed and then thrown into a ravine along a highway.

The eight dead men, most of them shot in the head and some with hands tied behind their backs, were labourers who were stopped by Islamic State-linked militants on the outskirts of Marawi City while trying to flee clashes, according to police.