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Southeast Asia
Two dead, 270 families flee terrorist feud in the Philippines
2012-03-26
Fighting between rival armed terrorist insurgent groups left two dead and sent around 270 families fleeing from their homes in the southern Philippines, a military spokesman said Sunday. Eight houses were also burned as members of the main Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) battled fighters from the older Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), said Colonel Prudencio Asto.

He added that after a week of sporadic gunfire, MILF fighters attacked members of the MNLF in the agricultural town of Carmen on the island of Mindanao on Saturday, leaving one dead on each side.

MILF spokesman Von al-Haq said the fight was triggered by a personal feud between an MILF leader called Commander Karim and an MNLF leader called Commander Teo and that it was not a wider war between the two groups. He said, "They (the fighters) are alleging that Commander Teo is the mastermind of the killing of the wife of Commander Karim about three weeks ago."

There are about 400 MILF fighters and 300 MNLF members known to be operating in the farming village where the fighting erupted.
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