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COTABATO CITY, Philippines – A long-standing family feud involving Moro families erupted Sunday and claimed the lives of three persons in two separate attacks in Parang, Maguindanao, the police said.
Senior Inspector Harry Gubat, police chief of Parang, said the shooting was triggered by a deeply rooted family feud involving Muslim families in Barangay (village) Sarmiento.
Killed were Rashid Abu, 40, and Madrigal Ayunan, 38, who were having coffee at 6:15 a.m. Sunday when they were gunned down by one of two men on a motorcycle.
The two victims died on the spot due to multiple gunshot wounds in different parts of the body.
The assailants, who were both wearing full-face crash helmets, then sped toward nearby Sultan Mastura town.
Twelve hours later, at about 6 p.m., Mohayden Mohammad Macasasa was inside a public market when shot by one of two assailants.
Macasasa, a tricycle driver, was rushed to the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center but was declared dead on arrival.
Gubat said the attackers in the second shooting incident were believed to be relatives of the two victims in the earlier attack Sunday.
Gubat said the protagonists were relatives and related by blood and by affinity and who were all keeping personal grudges against each other, known among Muslims as “rido” or clan war.
To prevent the escalation of the supposed family feud, Gubat said he deployed peacekeeping forces in Barangay Sarmiento, where the feuding families live.