DATU SAUDI AMPATUAN: Thousands of civilians fled their communities in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao early Friday after heavily armed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) were sighted in the village of Kitango, an Army official said.

Capt. Joann Petinglay, 6th ID spokesperson, said elements of the 45th Infantry Battalion are now engaged in a running gunbattle with BIFF forces, led by a certain Commander Kadafi in Barangay Maytumaig, Datu Saudi Unsay.

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