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ALEOSAN, North Cotabato\u2014About 1,700 people have been displaced by an armed conflict triggered by a family feud in a remote village in the borders of this town and Carmen, also in North Cotabato, officials said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Mayor Loreto Cabaya said the conflict did not happen in Aleosan but in the adjacent village of Tonganon which is part of Carmen.<\/p>\n
\u201cNevertheless, we extend assistance to the displaced families from nearby villages who flocked to Barangay Lawili which is part of Aleosan,\u201d Cabaya told reporters. \u201cWe recognize no boundaries when extending emergency assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cabaya said the number of affected families now housed in Barangay Lawili had dwindled as many of those who fled when conflict broke out on Friday have returned home.<\/p>\n
As of Sunday, the number of affected families was at 287.<\/p>\n
Peacekeeping<\/strong><\/p>\n This after the Army\u2019s 57th Infantry Battalion deployed peacekeeping forces in Tonganon and 40th Infantry Battalion sent soldiers in Barangay Lawili.<\/p>\n The conflict in Tonganon was triggered by a long-standing family feud involving members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).<\/p>\n Cabaya said the warring families were actually related by blood and by affinity.<\/p>\n Military sources said the families were locked in a feud as to who has control over a vast track of agricultural lands in Barangay Tonganon.<\/p>\n They belonged to a separate Moro rebel organization but the conflict, which started Friday dawn, was not an organizational conflict between MILF and MNLF.<\/p>\n Citing police reports, Cabaya said one follower of MNLF Commander Tiu Minanimbong was hurt while a follower of a certain Commander Tarzan of the MILF was killed.<\/p>\n The MILF has sent emissaries to pacify its forces in the village of Tonganon so the affected families can return home. Edwin Fernandez, Inquirer Mindanao<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About 1,700 people have been displaced by an armed conflict triggered by a family feud in a remote village in the borders of this town and Carmen, also in North Cotabato, officials said on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":197543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,39],"tags":[27459,3358],"byline":[],"source":[206078],"column":[],"editor":[],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n