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The military on Friday reportedly said that ten members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front has died in recent fighting between the armed separatists and military units in Maguindanao province.
Clashes killed 10 people in Maguindanao overnight just hours after the government scrapped a controversial peace deal with Muslim rebels, the military said Friday.
MILF fighters ambushed government troops late Thursday in Guindulungan town on strife-torn Mindanao island, local military spokesman Col. Julieto Ando said.
During the firefight, five soldiers were wounded and 10 MILF rebels killed, he told international wires agency, Agence France Presse, adding that two civilians were also injured by stray bullets in the gunbattle.
Government troopers on Friday closed the boundary of Cotabato City and General Santos City as the military tries to capture a MILF commander in Maguindanao province accused of perpetrating attacks on communities.
On Thursday night, a military tank was ambushed by MILF fighters in Guindulungan town. No one was reported hurt in the incident.
Meanwhile, the military claimed it has already isolated Umbra Kato's group in Guindulungan town. The military has also deployed blocking forces at the boundary of Guindulungan and Talayan towns.
Reports said the military is getting near an MILF camp used by Umbra Kato's 105th Base Command.
As a result of the fighting, reports said thousands of people living in the areas affected by the fighting has left their homes.
Rebel spokesman Eid Kabalu said Friday that fighting continued today with the military using air and ground assets, apparently to get Commander Kato.
Commander Umbra Kato is a rebel MILF commander who launched a series of attacks on villages and towns two weeks ago that have killed scores and displaced thousands of people.
The attacks came after the Philippine Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order against signing the peace agreement, known as the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain .
The limited autonomy pact between the government of the mainly Christian nation and the 12,000-strong rebel group aimed to end a 40-year-old conflict that has left more than 120,000 dead and tens of thousands displaced.
President Arroyo scrapped the deal Thursday after Christians and politicians in Mindanao objected to what they saw as an unconstitutional move to create an independent Muslim state.
The government has put a bounty of P10 million on the heads of Kato and another MILF commander, Abdurahman Macapaar, also known as Commander Bravo, for recent attacks on civilians.
Radio dzMM reported that the military closed the Cotabato-General Santos City road around 6 a.m. on Friday. Road blocks were set up at the boundary to prevent MILF commander Umbra Kato's forces from running out of Maguindanao.
Army commander Col. Marlou Salazar said parts of the highway linking Davao and Cotabato cities were closed to traffic Friday because MILF fighters were occupying some of the bridges.
We are still clearing the highway and I am confident it will be open soon, he said.
At least 100,000 civilians have fled their homes in the south since the military stepped up their offensive against the rebels, who have defied the MILF leadership's orders to stand down. With a report from Agence France-Presse