SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao: Two Visayan farmers in a peasant enclave near the Liguasan Marsh in Mlang town in North Cotabato were killed by suspected members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) on Thursday.

Chief Insp. Aldrin Gonzales, spokesman of the Police Regional Office-12, identified the victims as Mario Vesera and Raymon Patibu who were working in their neighboring farms in Barangay Gaunan in Mlang when two groups of gunmen arrived and peppered them with assault rifles. Both farmers were killed on the spot.