KOTA KINABALU: Nearly 3,000 families together with their children have fled their villages after five days of skirmishes between soldiers and Moro rebels on Jolo island in southern Philippines.
The sporadic battles engulfing five municipalities began on Monday after civilians living in Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) areas were allegedly shot at by marines hunting for Abu Sayyaf gunmen.
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