<\/a>COTABATO CITY, Philippines\u2014A toddler was injured when members of\u00a0 two feuding clans clashed in municipality of Datu Montawal in Maguindanao, the police reported Friday.<\/p>\n\nInspector Michael Ameril, Datu Montawal police chief, said the two-year-old boy was hit by a stray bullet when the two sides fired on each other on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cHe is now recuperating at the Kabacan Medical Specialist Hospital in nearby Kabacan town,\u201d Ameril said.<\/p>\n\n
He did not identify the warring parties but Col. Benjamin Hao, commander of the 7th Infantry Battalion, said one of the families was related to Datu Montawal Mayor Utto Montawal.<\/p>\n\n
Hao said several families fled their homes when the fighting broke out\u00a0 and they had yet to return to their villages on Friday. He said a peacekeeping force monitoring a ceasefire between government forces and Moro rebels had been sent to the town to prevent more clashes between the two parties.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cThis is to separate the warring clans while efforts at peacefully resolving the conflict is being undertaken by civilian and military authorities,\u201d Hao said.<\/p>\n\n
Feuds are common in many parts of the country but they are deadliest in the five provinces of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.<\/p>\n\n
Acting ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman said feuds can erupt into violent clashes for small things. He cited a case in Sumisip, Basilan, in where dozens were killed or wounded in fighting that escalated from a simple altercation.<\/p>\n\n
Hataman said the carnage began when a man\u2019s clothes got soiled by a passing tricycle. That man shot the driver dead. On that same day,\u00a0 relatives of the slain man retaliated and killed three more persons, escalating the mayhem.<\/p>\n\n
Hataman said civilian officials have been working hard to settle feuds in the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Tawi-Tawi and Sulu. While some disputes have been resolved,\u00a0 many more await\u00a0 resolution, he said.<\/p>\n\n
ARMM Assemblywoman Samira Gutoc-Tomawis said close family ties, which contribute\u00a0 to feuds can actually be harnessed to resolve the problem.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cWe in ARMM have strong family ties. In the hierarchy of influences, the family is second to Almighty God. Thus, I firmly believe reform within the family can reform the society\u00a0 as well,\u201d Gutoc-Tomawis said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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