COTABATO CITY -- Close to 200 families evacuated to safer grounds after an encounter erupted Tuesday dawn between two factions of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) over a long-standing land dispute at Sitio Madap, Barangay Madia, Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao.
The warring factions were identified as those of Commanders Hawon Sindatuk and Datu Andap of the MILF’s 118th and 105th Base Commands, respectively.
Aside from the village of Madia, also affected by the running gun battle are the villages of Gawang and Dapiawan, both in same town.
Military and police forces have secured the peripheries of the three affected villages to avoid further spillover of the conflict.
Since two days ago, evacuees said intermittent burst of gunfire could be heard in the vicinity of Madia, prompting them to seek refuge at the town center.
The provincial government, in partnership with the Malaysian-led International Monitoring Team, sent emissaries to the area on efforts to defuse tension between the warring factions.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1022530
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