The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Western Mindanao has dispatched a shipment of relief supplies to Tipo-Tipo, Basilan for evacuees following a recent conflict between security forces and armed individuals.
DSWD-9 said up to 2,500 family food packs ere sent to Basilan, in coordination with the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, to help the families displaced by the recent conflict in Tipo-Tipo.
Residents in Tipo-Tipo Proper, the town center, fled to safety after about a hundred armed men massed up around the vicinity of the local government center on Tuesday morning, to pursue an employee of the municipality whom they believed had a hand in the killing last Oct. 21 of Ustadz Nadzri Taharin.
A standoff ensued, with sporadic gunfire between the armed men and civil security personnel of the local government, said Brig. Gen. Frederick Sales, commander of the Army’s 101st Infantry Brigade.
At least four people were wounded in the hostilities.
DSWD-9 said they will continue to closely monitor the situation to ensure that relief efforts remain sustained and responsive to the needs of the affected families.