The faction of heavily armed fighters of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) that stormed Zamboanga city on Monday committed war crimes and serious violations in the International Humanitarian Laws (IHL), the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said on Tuesday.

Human rights chairman Loretta Ann Rosales in a statement condemned the actions of the armed faction under MNLF leader and founder Nur Misuari.  She decried the group's violent encounters with government forces that displaced thousands of residents in just two days.

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