பிலிப்பைன்ஸில் இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் தாக்கியதில் 14 பேர் பலியானார்கள்.
14 slain in southern unrest--MILF, military
Agence France-Presse
First Posted 14:47:00 01/15/2008
COTABATO, Philippines -- Fourteen people have been killed in two days of violence in Mindanao, officials said Tuesday.
Twelve Muslims were killed on Monday when rival commanders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) clashed in Mamasapano town over a land dispute, said MILF spokesman Eid Kabalu.
Kabalu said the military did not intervene to break up the fighting.
In a separate incident on Tuesday, gunmen attacked a military outpost in the town of Palayan near Mamasapano, leaving two soldiers dead, said military spokesman Colonel Julieto Ando.
He did not say who opened fire on the soldiers, and Kabalu denied MILF forces were behind the attack.
The MILF has been fighting a separatist campaign for an Islamic state in the southern Philippines since 1978.
In 2003 it signed a ceasefire with the government in order to negotiate a peace settlement.
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