| Residents from Kauswagan town, Lanao del Norte province, arrive in Iligan City, southern Philippines as they took motor boats to flee their homes when Muslim rebels occupied their area early Monday. (AP photo) |
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KAUSWAGAN, Lanao del Norte -- Government troops on Monday retook several Lanao del Norte towns where Moro rebels burned houses and shot or hacked to death at least 26 people earlier in the day.
The retreating Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels took dozens of civilians in Kolambugan town as a human shield, said Brigadier General Antonio Supnet, head of an army brigade that drove away the rebels.
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