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Armeen Gomez, second from left, chief security officer of Resort World Manila, points to the cctv footage where private guards engaged the gunman in a firefight as they play a video of the gunman who stormed the casino and hotel complex at a news conference on Saturday, June 3, 2017 in suburban Pasay city, southeast of Manila, Philippines. Police say a gunman stormed the crowded Manila casino and used gasoline to set gambling tables on fire, creating clouds of smoke that swept through the crowds and killed dozens of people. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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SWAT members of the Philippine National Police arrive at the Resorts World Manila complex early Friday, June 2, 2017 in suburban Pasay city southeast of Manila, Philippines. Gunshots and explosions rang out early Friday at a mall, casino and hotel complex near Manila's international airport in the Philippine capital, sparking a security alarm amid an ongoing Muslim militant siege in the country's south. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Hotel guests wait with their luggage outside the Resorts World Manila complex early Friday, June 2, 2017 in suburban Pasay city southeast of Manila, Philippines. Gunshots and explosions rang out early Friday at a mall, casino and hotel complex near Manila's international airport in the Philippine capital, sparking a security alarm amid an ongoing Muslim militant siege in the country's south. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Armed security officers walk outside a hotel at the Resorts World Manila complex, early Friday, June 2, 2017, in Manila, Philippines. Gunshots and explosions rang out early Friday at a mall, casino and hotel complex near Manila's international airport in the Philippine capital, sparking a security alarm amid an ongoing Muslim militant siege in the country's south (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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Smoke rises from a mall, casino and hotel complex in Manila, Philippines in the early hours of Friday June 2, 2017. Witnesses say gunshots and explosions have been heard at a mall, casino and hotel complex near Manila's international airport in the Philippine capital. (AP Photo)

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Smoke rises from the Resorts World Manila complex, early Friday, June 2, 2017, in Manila, Philippines. Gunshots and explosions rang out early Friday at a mall, casino and hotel complex near Manila's international airport in the Philippine capital, sparking a security alarm amid an ongoing Muslim militant siege in the country's south. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2017, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, fourth from left, shakes hands with Russia's Rear Adm. Eduard Mikhailov, third from left, at the anti-submarine navy ship Admiral Tributs at the south pier in Manila, Philippines. A flurry of goodwill visits by ships and submarines has marked the new year in the South China Sea. In the Philippines, two Russian warships docked in Manila for a five-day visit in a showcase by Moscow to demonstrate what it can offer to a traditional U.S. ally. (Noel Celis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2017, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, center, watches as Russian navy officers show the weapons on board the Russian anti-submarine Navy vessel Admiral Tributs in Manila, Philippines. A flurry of goodwill visits by ships and submarines has marked the new year in the South China Sea. In the Philippines, two Russian warships docked in Manila for a five-day visit in a showcase by Moscow to demonstrate what it can offer to a traditional U.S. ally. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

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Russia's Ambassador to the Philippines Igor A. Khovaev, left seated, answers questions from reporters beside Russian Rear Adm. Eduard Mikhailov, Deputy Commander of Flotilla of Pacific Fleet of Russia, during a press conference on board the Russian Navy vessel Admiral Tributs, a large anti-submarine ship, at Manila's pier, Philippines on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. Russia is eyeing naval exercises with the Philippines and deployed two navy ships for a goodwill visit to Manila on Tuesday as Moscow moves to expand defense ties with a Filipino president known for being hostile to the U.S. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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A Filipino student poses for a free souvenir photo after casting his ballot in a mock U.S. elections sponsored by the US Embassy Wednesday, Nov.9, 2016 in suburban Pasay city southeast of Manila, Philippines.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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U.S. President Barack Obama tours the BRP Gregorio del Pilar ship in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015. The BRP Gregorio del Pilar is an advanced Philippine Navy frigate once owned by the United States. While in Manila, Obama will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit with nearly two dozen other leaders. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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A Filipino activist lights candles among flowers offered for victims of Brussels attacks beside a condolence sign in the suburban north of Manila, Philippines.

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Filipinos have their photos taken with a cutout of Pope Francis at SM Mall of Asia, one of the country's largest shopping malls, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 at suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines. In Asia's bastion of Roman Catholic faith, images of Pope Francis are getting the K-pop treatment. Life-size cardboard cutouts are being distributed to churches, schools and malls in the Philippine capital to generate "papal fever" before the pope's visit. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Blue Ridge, the command ship of the U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet, is docked for a port call at Manila's South Harbor in Manila, Philippines. (Associated Press)

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A fireman throws a hose at colleagues at a still-smoldering Kentex rubber slipper factory in Valenzuela city, a northern suburb of Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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A fire-eater performs at Manila's Chinatown to celebrate the Chinese New Year Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 in Manila, Philippines. This year marks the "Year of the Sheep" in the Chinese Lunar calendar. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Hot air balloons dot the sky at the start of the 19th Philippine Hot Air Balloon festival Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 at Clark Special Economic Zone, a former U.S. Air Force base in Pampanga province, north of Manila, Philippines. Now on its 19th year, the hot air balloon festival features a total of 32 hot air balloons participating from all over the world. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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President Dwight Eisenhower stands with Capt. John A. Maurer, skipper of the cruiser St. Paul, as the warship moves along the Southern tip of Formosa during trip from Manila. (AP Photo, file)