MILF, AFP clash in Lanao del Norte today

by Pesante-USA Sunday, Apr. 18, 2010 at 6:23 AM
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The LA based PESANTE NEWS learned today April 17, 2010 - MILF forces and government forces locked up in bloody fighting early today in Payong, Sultan Naga Dimaporo in Lanao del Norte. Sketchy report reaching www.luwaran.com said the government forces entered the said village in full battle gear and started firing indiscriminately that eventually resulted in a clash with MILF forces under Commander Latif.

PESANTE NEWS
April 17, 2010

MILF, AFP clash in Lanao del Norte today

Los Angeles-- The LA based PESANTE NEWS learned today April 17, 2010 - MILF forces and government forces locked up in bloody fighting early today in Payong, Sultan Naga Dimaporo in Lanao del Norte.

Sketchy report reaching www.luwaran.com said the government forces entered the said village in full battle gear and started firing indiscriminately that eventually resulted in a clash with MILF forces under Commander Latif.

Additional details will come shortly as reporters of this website are trying to get as close possible to the battle area.

Meanwhile two people were wounded in a grenade attack April 16 in Davao City.

Investigators said one of two motorcycle men hurled the grenade at the Davao City Special School at around 4.25 p.m.

No individual or group claimed responsibility for the blast and authorities are still investigating the motive of the attack.

Extrajudicial killings continue in Davao City and the murders were being blamed to the so-called Davao Death Squad, a shadowy group of vigilantes, tagged as behind hundreds of unresolved slayings over the years.

More than 2 million people were affected and 800,000 were homeless at the height of the AFP offensive against the MILF in 2008 in Mindanao.


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