From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 9): 2 die as Moro clans trade bullets in North Cotabato
Two armed men were killed and another two were wounded when two warring clans clashed in a remote village in Midsayap,North Cotabato Thursday.
Colonel Dickson Hermoso, speaking for the 6th Infantry Division, said the armed skirmishes erupted between the armed group of Abbas Kudanding, a field commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Barangay Lumupog Chair Datu Puti Tukuran in Barangay Lumupog.
The slain rebels belonged to MILF 105th base command, according to Capt. Antonio Bulao, speaking for the 602nd Infantry Brigade.
Two civilian volunteer organization were wounded and they were identified as Daniel Baguiner and Anuarudin Sambayaan.
Both were followers of Chairman Tukuran.
Earlier, a house owned by the followers of Tukuran was allegedly torched by followers of Kudanding thus the armed conflict erupted.
Bulao said the local government of Midsayap through its Muslim elders have been mediating in an effort to solve the conflict peacefully.
"Rido" or family feud had been one of the issues both the government and the MILF are trying to solve as this may affect the efforts to bring about peace in Muslim Mindanao.
Moro families locked in land dispute or misunderstanding normally resort to violence than bringing the issue before Philippine courts to get justice.
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Two armed men were killed and another two were wounded when two warring clans clashed in a remote village in Midsayap,
Colonel Dickson Hermoso, speaking for the 6th Infantry Division, said the armed skirmishes erupted between the armed group of Abbas Kudanding, a field commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Barangay Lumupog Chair Datu Puti Tukuran in Barangay Lumupog.
The slain rebels belonged to MILF 105th base command, according to Capt. Antonio Bulao, speaking for the 602nd Infantry Brigade.
Two civilian volunteer organization were wounded and they were identified as Daniel Baguiner and Anuarudin Sambayaan.
Both were followers of Chairman Tukuran.
Earlier, a house owned by the followers of Tukuran was allegedly torched by followers of Kudanding thus the armed conflict erupted.
Bulao said the local government of Midsayap through its Muslim elders have been mediating in an effort to solve the conflict peacefully.
"Rido" or family feud had been one of the issues both the government and the MILF are trying to solve as this may affect the efforts to bring about peace in Muslim Mindanao.
Moro families locked in land dispute or misunderstanding normally resort to violence than bringing the issue before Philippine courts to get justice.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=603356