PIKIT, North Cotabato: Two civilians were killed while three others were wounded when outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) members harassed military installations in the borders of Maguindanao and North Cotabato before dawn Friday.

Col. Dickson Hermoso, spokesperson of the 6th Infantry Division, identified the fatalities as Rayhana Akmad Malading, 11, and Kantoh Kaluidasan, 40 and their three wounded companions were fleeing from the scene of the encounter on board a boat when a mortar landed near them along the river in Barangay Kabasalan, Pikit, North Cotabato.

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