More than 2,300 families or about 11,000 individuals fled their homes while at least eight fighters were reported to have been killed in the hostilities that broke out between warring groups of the MILF in Maguindanao del Sur. /PDI
Among the displaced, Ustadz Samama Datukali, 50, celebrated Eid al-Fitr inside Dapiawan Elementary School where they stayed since Friday night because of the hostilities.
The two groups have been exchanging gunfire since Saturday, although the fighting had been confined along the borders of Dapiawan and Madia villages in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, a municipality about 50 kilometers south of Cotabato City, the regional seat of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
The MILF had entered into a peace agreement with the government in 2014, with many of its leaders now holding key positions in the Bangsamoro regional government and assembly that were established in 2019.
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