Australian ABC journalist Adam Harvey has been hit in the neck by a bullet while working in the Philippines.
CNN Philippines reported that Harvey was hit by a stray bullet inside the Provincial Capitol Compound in Marawi on Thursday.
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ABC journo hit by bullet in Philippines
ABC South-east Asia correspondent Adam Harvey has been hit in the neck by a stray bullet while reporting in Marawi.
CNN reported that Harvey was within the compound, which is considered a safe zone, when he was struck while taking photos of evacuees.
Harvey wrote on Twitter: "I'm okay. Bullet is still in my neck, but it missed everything important."
Thanks everyone - I'm okay. Bullet is still in my neck, but it missed everything important. pic.twitter.com/PBYfdrTTa6
— Adam Harvey (@adharves) June 15, 2017
Vision showed him speaking on the phone as a doctor covered the wound - just under his left ear - with gauze. The bullet appears to have narrowly missed an artery in his neck.
He later tweeted an image of an X-ray of the bullet still lodged in his neck, with the simple caption: Lucky.
![A close shave: The bullet lodged in Adam Harvey's neck.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170615074447im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/r/u/q/f/image.imgtype.articleLeadwide.620x0.png/1497506862239.png)
A close shave: The bullet lodged in Adam Harvey's neck. Photo: Twitter: @adharves
![The bullet hit Harvey in the neck, just under his left ear, appearing to leave him with a minor injury.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170615074447im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/r/s/4/1/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gwrqo9.png/1497511032522.jpg)
Harvey, the ABC's South-East Asia correspondent, has been tweeting photos from the Philippines in the battle zone for several days.
We're heading into Marawi, Philippines for @abcnews - six checkpoints and counting pic.twitter.com/BLclVleKOu
— Adam Harvey (@adharves) June 12, 2017
His last post on Twitter before the shooting detailed that he had seen a murder on the drive out of Marawi.
"Brutal times in the Philippines," he wrote, alongside a picture of a body.
Militants linked to Islamic State took over a large part of Marawi - 830 kilometres south of Manila - in late May, torching government buildings and beheading a local police chief.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte imposed martial law across Mindanao Island, home to about 20 million people, where Marawi is the largest city.
More than 1000 troops were sent to the area to fight the militants, while civilians fled.
Some civilians who escaped the city said the militants took away residents who could not recite prayers.
Later, eight men were found hog-tied and executed in a ditch, with a cardboard sign tied to their bodies reading "munafik", meaning hypocrite.
On Wednesday, a Philippines military spokesman said US troops are on the ground near Marawi City but are providing technical support and are not involved in fighting the militants.
Harvey, a former 7.30 and Sydney Morning Herald journalist, is the son of the late Nine News veteran Peter Harvey.
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