Frantic parents rushed Wednesday to a school to fetch their children after receiving text messages alleging that a new fighting between security and rebel forces erupted in
The text scare disrupted classes
in Talon-Talon village. School officials tried to calm down the children as
parents panicked by the reports which turned out false.
The text message said the
fighting broke out in the neighboring village of Mampang
One woman also rushed to the
school to get her child and told the other about the fighting which triggered
panic among other parents.
“The report is negative. There
is no fighting and there is no truth to the report,” policeman PO2 Nurail Fajal
told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.
He said the only incident in
Mampang was the accidental explosion of an oxygen cylinder which killed one
worker. “That’s the only report we have in Mampang where one person was killed
(in the oxygen cylinder blast),” he said.
Authorities have previously
warned the public against spreading unverified text messages which can cause
panic and fear. This after three weeks of fighting between troops and Moro
National Liberation Front rebels in September left over 400 people dead and
wounded.
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