Mindanao town mayor says 60% of residents now refugees

Mindanao town mayor says 60% of residents now refugees

Mayor Tahirodin Benzar Ampaturan of Mamasapano on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on March 17, 2015. He said some 13,000 townspeople, or about 60 percent of the municipal population, are leading refugee lives now due to the Jan. 25 clash between Philippine police and Islamic separatists that caused nearly 70 deaths. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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