DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 8, 2012) – Gunmen attacked a small village in the southern Philippines, wounding one civilian, but the violence forced at least 120 people fleeing for safety, security officials said Monday.
Officials said the gunmen, led by Salindatu Binago, attacked the village of Ticulab in Sarangani’s Maitum town.
The motive of the attack was unclear, but the military said the town’s mayor Elsie Perret reported that previous assault by Binago’s group had killed a local politician, Freddie Macatin, his wife and brother-in-law.
The Philippine Army’s 1002nd Infantry Brigade headed by Col. Glorioso Miranda tagged bandits as behind the latest attack and that troops are tracking down the gunmen, according to Capt. William Alfred Rodriguez, of the Public Affairs Office.
Government and security Officials did not say whether the attacks were connected to clan war or land conflict which is common in the southern Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner)
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