Himamaylan City's Social Welfare and Development Office offers psychosocial support and food packs to residents affected by the clash.
a gun battle with state forcesAccording to the dispatch of the Army’s 303rd Infantry Battalion based in Murcia town, the troops received a tip from a discouraged rebel member who expressed frustration with the leadership and operations of the group, and spoiled the whereabouts of his companions.
The Himamaylan City Social Welfare and Development Office said in a report sent to Rappler that the office logged 167 families or 765 individuals who have fled their homes and farms since the initial gun battle first broke out on Friday morning.A second gun battle ensued two kilometers away from the previous site for another 10 minutes, leaving a dead body behind, the military added in a statement.
Merlyn added her youngest son was crying in fear as he called for his father, who was, at that time, out of their residence to look after their livestock in a neighboring sitio. With clashes marking the government’s efforts to deal decisive blows against Asia’s oldest communist insurgency, people have taken shelter in gymnasiums, churches, schools, barangay multi-purpose halls, and the newer disaster emergency centers in town and city centers.
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