From the Manila Times (Jan 20, 2020): 3 rebels killed as 2 MNLF groups clash in Basilan (ByAntonio P. Rimando)
ISABELA CITY, Basilan: Two rival factions of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) engaged in a two-day firefight that began on Friday, killing a rebel commander and two of his followers at Barangay Babag, Bubuan Island town, a belated military report received in this capital city said.
The Philippine Army’s 14th Special Force Company headed by Capt. Edmer Malucon and MNLF field commander Jimpoy Rodin have proceeded to Babag to keep the peace on the island whose hundreds of residents, who fled to the nearby municipalities of Maluso and Lantawan, have refused to go back to their homes for fear of being caught in the crossfire despite deployment of soldiers there.
Maluso Mayor Brenda Jumaid said her office periodically provided food and medical assistance to the affected Babuan residents.
“We need to feed and help them because they have lost many things that were allegedly ransacked by the attackers,” Junaid added.
Malucon was informed that two of the rebel fatalities were identified as Stalin Mukahil, allegedly Bubuan’s MNLF field leader, and his cousin, Basit Kangal.
He said some 100 heavily armed men, led by Commander Jama Mohammad Sandung, were supposed to meet with Mukahil last Saturday to settle their factions’ rivalry, but Sandung and his followers instead attacked Bubuan one day earlier resulting in the two-day fierce encounter between the two groups.
Another group of soldiers was reportedly fielded to Babuan to help maintain peace and order on the island.
https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/01/20/news/regions/3-rebels-killed-as-2-mnlf-groups-clash-in-basilan/675880/
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