Showing posts with label Kalamansig Town. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kalamansig Town. Show all posts
Friday, April 10, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
MILF, Militias Clashed In South RP
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 24, 2009) – Moro rebels clashed with pro-government militias in the restive region of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front said at least 2 militias were wounded in the fighting that broke out Monday in the village of Santa Clara in Sultan Kudarat’s Kalamansig town.
The fighting also forced civilians to flee their homes. It was unknown what triggered the clashes, but the two groups had been fighting in the past over huge track of lands Muslims claimed their ancestral domain. (Mindanao Examiner)
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front said at least 2 militias were wounded in the fighting that broke out Monday in the village of Santa Clara in Sultan Kudarat’s Kalamansig town.
The fighting also forced civilians to flee their homes. It was unknown what triggered the clashes, but the two groups had been fighting in the past over huge track of lands Muslims claimed their ancestral domain. (Mindanao Examiner)
Saturday, October 11, 2008
8 Slain In Rebel Attacks In Mindanao
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 11, 2008) – Eight people were killed in separate attacks Saturday by rebel forces in the southern Philippines, a military spokesman said.
Army Major Armand Rico, a spokesman of the Eastern Mindanao Command headquarters, said Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels attacked the village of Sangay in Sultan Kudarat's Kalamansig town at around 4 a.m., killing four civilians and a policeman and wounding three civilians.
The attack, which triggered a firefight, also killed one rebel, he said, but MILF forces also took two villagers and used them as shield against pursuing government forces.
“The MILF rebels are killing people wantonly in the area,” the spokesman said.
He said communist insurgents also ambushed a KM450 military truck and killed to army soldiers in the village of Dagohoy in the town of Talaingod in Davao del Norte province.
The attack occurred at around 9.15 a.m. as troops were on their way to bring provisions to government forces pursuing New People's Army insurgents in the province. “The insurgents attacked troops who were only bringing food supplies to soldiers. Two good soldiers perished in the attack,” Rico said.
The MILF is the country's largest Muslim rebel group fighting for a separate homeland in Mindanao, while the NPA is also fighting to overthrow the democratic government and install a Maoist state in the Philippines.
The military said both rebel groups have in the past forged an alliance to fight the military and train each other forces. The MILF has previously loaned the NPA rocket-propelled grenade launchers and in return communist insurgents trained Moro rebels in guerilla warfare in Mindanao. (Mindanao Examiner)
4 Killed In Clashes In Mindanao
A KM450 military truck.DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 11, 2008) – Four people were killed in separate clashes Saturday between government and rebel forces in the restive southern Philippines region of Mindanao, officials said.
Officials said Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels attacked police forces at around 4 a.m. in the village of Sangay in Sultan Kudarat’s Kalamansig town, triggering a running gun battle that left one policeman and a rebel dead.
Maj. Armand Rico, a regional army spokesman, said the attackers were under the MILF’s 104th Base Command of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces. “There is a pursuit operation, police and military forces are pursuing the rebels responsible for the attack,” he told the Mindanao Examiner.
He said communist insurgents also ambushed a KM450 military truck and killed to army soldiers in the village of Dagohoy in the town of Talaingod in Davao del Norte province.
The attack occurred at around 9.15 a.m. as troops were on their way to bring provisions to government forces pursuing New People’s Army insurgents in the province. “The insurgents attacked troops who were only bringing food supplies to soldiers. Two good soldiers perished in the attack,” Rico said.
The MILF is the country’s largest Muslim rebel group fighting for a separate homeland in Mindanao, while the NPA is also fighting to overthrow the democratic government and install a Maoist state in the Philippines.
The military said both rebel groups have in the past forged an alliance to fight the military and train each other forces. The MILF has previously loaned the NPA rocket-propelled grenade launchers and in return communist insurgents trained Moro rebels in guerilla warfare in Mindanao. (Mindanao Examiner)
Officials said Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels attacked police forces at around 4 a.m. in the village of Sangay in Sultan Kudarat’s Kalamansig town, triggering a running gun battle that left one policeman and a rebel dead.
Maj. Armand Rico, a regional army spokesman, said the attackers were under the MILF’s 104th Base Command of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces. “There is a pursuit operation, police and military forces are pursuing the rebels responsible for the attack,” he told the Mindanao Examiner.
He said communist insurgents also ambushed a KM450 military truck and killed to army soldiers in the village of Dagohoy in the town of Talaingod in Davao del Norte province.
The attack occurred at around 9.15 a.m. as troops were on their way to bring provisions to government forces pursuing New People’s Army insurgents in the province. “The insurgents attacked troops who were only bringing food supplies to soldiers. Two good soldiers perished in the attack,” Rico said.
The MILF is the country’s largest Muslim rebel group fighting for a separate homeland in Mindanao, while the NPA is also fighting to overthrow the democratic government and install a Maoist state in the Philippines.
The military said both rebel groups have in the past forged an alliance to fight the military and train each other forces. The MILF has previously loaned the NPA rocket-propelled grenade launchers and in return communist insurgents trained Moro rebels in guerilla warfare in Mindanao. (Mindanao Examiner)
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