COTABATO CITY—At least 700 families fled to safer ground to avoid getting caught in the crossfire between two warring Moro clans in the town of Talitay, Maguindanao province.
Lt. Col. John Paul Baldomar, 6th Infantry Division spokesperson, said on Wednesday (March 31) that the displaced families were from the villages of Pageda and Gadingan.
Kungan Samama, a resident who fled last Tuesday (March 30), was hit by a stray bullet, according to Baldomar.
Baldomar said a team of government soldiers and fighters of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) had been working to separate and pacify the warring families.
On Tuesday, armed followers a…
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