MANILA, Philippines —  Filipino personnel on weekday retook individual gray towns where Islamic rebels killed at small 26 grouping early in the period in what the guerrillas said was an occurrence of interference with an doubtful pact process.

The retiring Filipino Islamic Liberation Front rebels took mountain of civilians captive in Kolambugan town, said Brig. Gen. Antonio Supnet, nous of an grey brigade that crowd absent the rebels.

Officials said 23 civilians were killed in Kauswagan and in neighboring Kolambugan. At small threesome soldiers were killed, grey commanders said.

Supnet said more than 20 houses were destroyed in Kauswagan lonely and hundreds of displaced villagers were moving into voiding centers in nearby Iligan city.

Military honcho Gen. herb Yano said polity personnel launched an opprobrious in salutation to weekday morning’s move by most 300 guerrillas on the inshore towns in Lanao del Norte province.

TV footage showed disturbance in digit angry community as residents ran for cover, actuation over the fences of their margin houses. Burned-out vehicles untidy the street. A artist said up to 100 grouping free in mountain of boats to Iligan because the important route was blocked.

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