AMID MAUTE THREAT VS. PRESIDENT| PSG trained to protect Duterte —spokesman

From GMA News (Dec 4): AMID MAUTE THREAT VS. PRESIDENT| PSG trained to protect Duterte —spokesman

The Presidential Security Group (PSG) on Sunday said its men are trained to thwart threats against President Rodrigo Duterte following the Maute Group's threat to behead the chief executive.

"We will always be ready to protect the President," PSG spokesperson Lt. Michael Aquino said in a statement.

"Our men are trained for it and we are also given enough support to do it," he added.

In a message written on blackboards in schools in Butig, Lanao del Sur, members of the Maute Group threatened to behead troops and Duterte.

"Humanda kayong mga sondaro/popogotan namen kayo ng mga olo," read the message to members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, who have taken back the town from the group.

Meanwhile, their message to Duterte read: "TAGOT/Homanda ka Duterte popotan/namen ikaw nang olo."

Troops discovered the messages after pushing the bandit group out of Butig town after a week-long offensive.

Duterte had visited Butig's neighboring city of Marawi on November 30, a day after his advance party, composed of PSG men and Army troops, was hit by an improvised explosive device.

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