COTABATO CITY, April 25 -- At least 300 families in a remote village of Pigcawayan, North Cotabato, have fled to safer grounds after two Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) armed groups clashed on Wednesday afternoon, leaving one dead and several others injured.

Pigcawayan Mayor Juanito Agustin said the displaced families, consisting of some 1,500 persons in Brgy. Banucagon, are now housed inside the municipal gymnasium and attended to by the Municipal Social Welfare and Development (MSWD) office.

Agustin said the MSWD office had prepared food packs for the displaced families, while some had started to return home in the daytime but would return to the town center at night.

He said his office has also coordinated with the MILF leaders...