30 Filipino Police officers killed in heavy fighting with Muslim rebels in the South.

         Heavy clashes between police and muslim rebeks in Southern Philippine killed at least 30 people in Mamasapaw town, Maguindanaw. The fighting took place on Sunday when Police and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) clashed which eventually resulted to death of 30 people, philippine Times reported. Local officials said the police suffered most of the casualties. The fighting lasted for aboout 12 hours but itwas later subsuded after cease fire monitors intervened in the fighting.