A video of women who were supposedly held hostage by Maute group members in Marawi City has surfaced in the social media.
According to a report by Maki Pulido on "24 Oras" on Wednesday, the women were appealing to President Rodrigo Duterte for their rescue.
The seven hostages were all wearing hijab.
It was unclear when and where the video was taken.
A video of another alleged hostage, Father Teresito "Chito" Suganob, has also spread in the social media.
The report said the military was still looking into the motive behind the video.
"Seemingly the video may seem to be authentic but beyond the authenticity and the message of the video, there lies in the real reason for coming up with a video which is propaganda purposes and we would not want to get into that," Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said.
Suganob, in the video, was seen pleading with the military to stop its offensive against the Maute group for the safety of the "prisoners of war."
Padilla said Suganob seemed to have been forced to say those things in the video.
"The propaganda of the enemy is already of means that are indicative that they're fighting for survival they are trapped, they are contained, they are in areas that they will not come out alive unless they surrender," he said. —Anna