From GMA News (May 13): Thousands in Mindanao flee their homes due to armed harassment
Some 14,000 residents in Maguindanao's Pagalungan town fled their homes due to alleged harassment by an armed group in the area.
Citing local authorities, a report on Unang Balita said unidentified armed men fired their guns randomly near Barangay Inug-og during last Monday's polls.
Earlier that day, armed men fired a rifle grenade near an elementary school in the town.
Residents from six barangays in the Pagalungan town have evacuated after the firing incidents, the report said.
Authorities suspects that the armed men were members of a private army of a losing local candidate.
Security forces have been deployed in the area to secure the town's residents.
Meanwhile, hundreds of civilians living at the boundary of have fled their homes due to an alleged clash of political families.
Residents who have sought refuge in Pikit town in Cotabato are temporarily being accommodated at the municipal gym.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/566126/news/regions/thousands-in-mindanao-flee-their-homes-due-to-armed-harassment
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