Wao Clan Feud Crisis
Wao has had several incidents of conflict in 2015 that have caused fear and displacement of both the Christian and Moro communities. The most recent incident was when an unidentified man tried to steal a water buffalo being tended by a 15-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy who were then killed. The victims’ bodies were found with hack wounds and the girl was allegedly raped prior to the killing. In what seemed to be an act of retaliation in the early hours of the following morning of 25 April, an armed group with heavy weapons opened fire on a nearby Moro community that killed four and wounded seven people. These incidents have increased the division between the Christian and Moro communities which have been tense due to the ongoing talks on Wao’s inclusion in the Bangsamoro entity.
UNHCR Thematic Protection Bulletin_Wao Clan Feud Crisis