From the Philippine News Agency (Nov 27): Armed clashes displace 50 villagers in
Magpet town
About 50 residents of a remote village in the hinterland town of Magpet in North
Cotabato evacuated after a five-hour firefight between communist guerillas and
members of the 57th Infantry Battalion and Special Forces of the Army on Tuesday
morning.
Sr. Insp. Sunny Leoncito, chief of the Magpet-Philippine National (PNP), said
the fighting started around 9:00 a.m. at Purok-6, Sitio Tanay in Barangay Doles,
Magpet and continued until 1:00 p.m.
The evacuees, mostly children and housewives, are temporarily housed at the
Barangay Doles hall.
A week before the fighting, soldiers from the 57th IB arrived at nearby
Barangay Pangao-an, also in Magpet, where they set up their temporary tents near
the school, residents said.
A tribal leader said the presence of the Army could have triggered attacks
from the communist guerillas.
Magpet Mayor Efren Pinol said his office has already sent a team from the
social welfare unit to distribute relief items and assess the plight of the
evacuees in the area.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=475011
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