This is a list of massacres that have taken place in the Philippines.
Before 1900
editName | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese Massacre of 1603 | October 1603 | Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines | 15,000–25,000[1] | Fearing an uprising by the large Chinese community in the Philippines, the Spanish colonists carried out the massacre, largely in the Manila area.[2] |
Chinese Massacre of 1639 | 1639 | Luzon, Captaincy General of the Philippines | 17,000–22,000[1] | The Spanish and their Filipino allies carried out a large-scale massacre, in which 17,000 to 22,000 Chinese rebels died. |
Chinese Massacre of 1662 | 1662 | Manila | Several thousand[1] | |
Cholera massacre | 9 October 1820 | Manila | 39 | A cholera epidemic sparked rumors that foreigners were poisoning the water supply, lead to a massacre that saw a mob of about 3000 men kill Europeans, mostly Spaniards, and Chinese nationals.[3][4][5] |
1900-1930
editName | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Balangiga massacre | 28 September 1901 | Balangiga, Eastern Samar | 48[6][7](American soldiers) | A mess area was attacked by hundreds of residents led by Valeriano Abanador during the Philippine-American War, marking the US Army's "worst defeat" since the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.[8][9] |
Samar Campaign | December 1901 to February 1902 | Samar | 2,000–50,000 (Filipino soldiers and civilians)[10][11][12] | Many Filipino historians argue that the true "Balangiga massacre" was the subsequent American retaliation, which was marked by orders to turn the island of Samar into a "howling wilderness" and the killing of civilians as young as 10 years old who could carry a weapon.[13] Although the original American report claimed that only 39 people were killed,[14] estimates by actual historians range from around 2,000[10] to roughly 50,000.[11][12] |
Malabang incident | 12 May 1904 | Malabang, Lanao district, Moro Province | 53 (all of Filipino families of employees of the American military government stationed in the town) | A band of Moros from the Rio Grande valley, led by a certain Datu Alis, perpetrated the attack.[15] |
Moro Crater massacre (Battle of Bud Dajo) | 10 March 1906 | Jolo Island | 600
(figures varied) |
Battle between American soldiers and Moro rebels lasted for 4 days. Only seven were captured including three women and four children. Eighteen men escaped from the mountain.[16][17][18] |
1930s
editName | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Malita incident | 22 February 1932 | Malita, Davao | 10 (including a municipal vice mayor) | Moros were suspected as perpetrators of the attack.[19] |
1940s
editName | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pantingan River massacre
(War crime) |
12 April 1942 | Bataan | 350–400
(all soldiers) |
Victims were killed in a mass execution by the Imperial Japanese Army while on their way from Bagac to Limay during the Bataan Death March.[20] |
San Beda Massacres
(War crime) |
July 1942 | Manila | 77
(Civilians) |
In 1946, Nena Ablan testified during the trial of Gen. Masaharu Homma that she witnessed inside the campus of San Beda College various tortures on Filipinos, such as physical assault using martial arts, sticks, and burning. She also testified some of these civilians were summarily executed by beheading.[21] |
Dansalan Massacres
(War crime) |
August 1942 | Dansalan, Lanao | Unknown
(Civilians) |
A company of Japanese soldiers went to the city and started burning houses. As the population panicked and resisted, the Japanese soldiers started bayoneting and shooting at them. Four Japanese soldiers died as well during the incident.[21] |
Pagaeaw-aeaw Tragedy
(War crime) |
21 October 1942 | Banga, Aklan | hundreds
(civilians) |
Victims were killed when the Japanese entered the town[22] |
Taban Massacre
(War crime) |
17 August 1943 | Alimodian, Iloilo | 50
(civilians) |
A surprise attack on the town's market located in Barrio Taban. The victims were bayoneted and beheaded with sabers.[23] |
Mambaling Massacre
(War crime) |
28 July 1944 | Mambaling, Cebu City | Summary execution of 12 civilians
(civilians) |
On 25 July 1944, Japanese soldiers on patrol were ambushed in Barrio Mambaling. Three days later with the help of Filipino collaborator, Antonio Racaza, the Kempeitai returned to Mambaling, and arrested Vicente Abadiano, Nazario Abadiano, Tereso Sanchez, Fidencio Delgado, and twenty other local male residents whom they suspected were guerrillas. All the men were tortured, and 12 were summarily executed by the Japanese soldiers and Filipino collaborators.[24] |
Cordova Assault
(War crime) |
19 August 1944 | Cordova, Cebu | 3 beheadings, townsfolk tortured
(civilians) |
Japanese Kempeitai came on shore at Cordova on Mactan Island to round up suspected guerrillas. With the help of Filipino collaborators, they arrested the town mayor, Martin Francisco, and placed the men and women of the town into the Central School building. The women were made to strip, while the men were beaten with baseball bats. 3 suspected guerrillas were beheaded by Cpl. Iwao Ishizaka, and Cpl. Muraki.[25] |
Shinyō Maru massacre | 7 September 1944 | off Mindanao, Sulu Sea | 668 | In an attack on a Japanese convoy by the American submarine USS Paddle, 668 Allied prisoners of war were massacred by the Japanese or killed when their ship, the SS Shinyō Maru was sunk. Only 82 Americans survived and were later rescued.[26] |
November North Cemetery Massacre
(War crime) |
November 1944 | Manila North Cemetery | 27
(all soldiers) |
According to a Filipino-Japanese Fermin Yamasaki, 17 Filipino detainees from the Cortibarte Garrison were brought by Japanese soldiers, 3rd Lt.Tachibana, Sgt. Kataoka, and Pvt. 1st Class Akiyama, and lined up in a hole that was forced dug by 3 Filipinos. The 27 were one by one decapitated by the Japanese.[27] |
Palawan massacre
(War crime) |
14 December 1944 | Palawan | 138
(all Americans) |
Japanese soldiers, fearing an American landing, herded some 150 Allied prisoners of war into air raid shelters and foxholes wherein most of them were burned alive; those who escaped were shot or bayoneted. Only eleven survived. Majority of the 34 implicated Japanese officers and men were later convicted yet eventually given prison sentences.[28] |
Mangkaeng massacre | 23 January 1945 | Guising Norte, Naguilian, La Union | 400
(all civilians) |
Japanese forces fired at the victims.[29] |
San Jose Massacres | 23 1945 January -18 March 1945 | San Jose, Batangas | 109
(Exhibit A of USA vs. Yamashita[30][31]) 107 killed, 4 injured[32] |
The looting and burning of the Taiwan Takosoku, a Japanese controlled warehouse on 23 January prompted the assembly men, women, and children residents at the town plaza by the Japanese occupiers on 27 January for questioning. Having not gotten the information they wanted, they proceeded to arrest the town mayor, the priest, chief of police and court clerk. This commenced the killings, disappearances and burning of property till March.
As there was no one witness who saw the entirety of the events that happened, there could have been more victims. |
East Tagaytay Massacre | 29 January 1945 | Tagaytay, Cavite | 90 Filipino civilians
(all civilians) |
As testified by farmer Miguel Ocampo, some 90 civilians were gathered by the Japanese Kempeitai at the Padilla residence. They were brought to a ravine not far from the house, and were one by one executed with bolo knives and thrown down the ravine. Ocampo and Elicero Nuestro survived the ordeal.[27] |
Manila massacre
(War crime) |
February to March 1945 | Various places in Manila. | At least 100,000 | Series of massacres committed by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Manila.[33] |
Cuenca Massacres | 3 February - 11 March 1945 | Cuenca, Batangas | 329 killed[30][34]
317 killed, 7 injured[32] |
A series of killings and burning of properties committed by Japanese occupiers. As there were no one witness who have seen the entirety of the events that happened, there could have been more victims. |
Massacre of Squadron 77 | February 1945 | Malolos, Bulacan | 109
(Hukbalahap guerrillas) |
Squadron 77 was returning home from Pampanga and was surrounded by American and Filipino soldiers, disarmed and brought before USAFFE Col. Adonias Maclang, who ordered them shot and buried in a mass grave. Maclang was later appointed mayor of Malolos by US Counter-Intelligence Corps (CIC) officers who approved the executions.[35] |
Legarda Street Massacre | 5 February 1945 | Legarda St., Manila | 47 Japanese Prison Guards | When Gen. Douglas MacArthur directed the 1st Cavalry Division to send a flying column to the University of Santo Tomas to rescue the civilian internees, Japanese prison guards took a last stand at the main building and held 220 hostages. After 4 days negotiations brokered through Ernest Stanley, the Japanese were allowed to leave the campus, and join their comrades south towards Malacañang Palace. The Japanese convoy headed by Lt. Col. Toshio Hayashi lost their way, and ended up along Legarda Street, where Filipino guerrillas and civilians ambushed them in retaliation of the massacres that occurred during the Battle of Manila.[36] |
Tanauan Massacre[37] | 10 February 1945 | Tanauan, Batangas | 826 killed, 6 injured[32][37] | Japanese forces assembled Filipino men, women and children near the environs of the Batangas Transportation (B.T.) company where the men were tied. All were either bayoneted, hacked or shot. |
Santo Tomas Massacre | 11 February 1945 | Santo Tomas, Batangas | 605 killed, 6 injured[32] | |
Calamba Massacre | 11- 24 February 1945 | Calamba, Laguna | Conflicting reports
|
Japanese forces assembled Filipino and Chinese males in the Calamba Church. They were loaded into a truck to be sent to Barrio Real. They were tied, some blindfolded, and bayoneted. |
Taal Massacres | 16 -18 February 1945 | Taal, Batangas | Conflicting reports
|
Japanese forces committed the atrocities via bayoneting, shooting and burning of houses. A group of civilians who took refuge in a ravine were bombed by hand grenades. As there was no one witness who saw the entirety of the events that happened, there could have been more victims. |
San Pablo Massacre | 24 February
1945 |
San Pablo, Laguna | Conflicting reports
|
Japanese forces ordered that its 6000-8000 male residents assemble in the San Pablo Cathedral, where around 700 Chinese residents were picked, forced to dig trenches, then bayonetted, some beheaded. Survivors who made the mistake of going to the hospital were killed as well. |
Pamintahan Massacre
(War Crime) |
27 February 1945 | Lipa, Batangas | 451, including 1 parish priest, and 2 minors
(Civilians) |
Male residents of barrios Anilao and Antipolo were gathered by Filipino collaborators, Japanese Army officers and enlisted men at a seminary south of Lipa with a promise of being given special travel passes through Japanese-occupied territory. Upon arrival at the Pamintahan Creek, the lured men and were indiscriminately shot at and executed.[39][40] |
Lipa Massacres | 17 February- 26 March 1945 | Lipa, Batangas | 2,298 killed, 11 injured [32] | |
Calamba Massacre
(War Crime) |
27 February 1945 | Calamba, Laguna | 6,000
(Civilians) |
In retaliation for the Allied Raid on Los Baños which rescued internees held by the Japanese military.[41] |
Bauan Massacre | 28 February 1945 | Bauan, Batangas | Conflicting reports
|
Japanese occupiers assembled the men in the house of a certain Severino Bautista, others still were assembled in Bauan Church were bombed, killing 204 and injuring ~70. Women and children assembled in Bauan Elementary School, who were presumed to be also murdered that day were spared due to American airplanes flying low which prompted their escape.[42] A further ~34 tried to escape but were bayoneted. |
Sulac Massacres | 5-12 March 1945 | Barrio Sulac (Sulok) now Barrio Sta Cruz, Santo Tomas, Batangas | 1002 killed, 13 injured[32] | |
Los Baños Massacre | 6 March 1945 | Los Baños, Laguna | 22 killed, 2 injured[32] | |
Rosario Massacre[30] | 13 March 1945 | Rosario, Batangas | 39 killed[32] | About 15 Japanese soldiers (reports vary), with no apparent reason shot and bayoneted men, women and children that could be found in the town. As there were only four witnesses, all of which did not see the entirety of the events that happened, there could have been more victims. |
Cebu Normal School Execution
(War Crime) |
26 March 1945 | Cebu Normal School, Cebu City | 5 Filipino civilians, 2 American POWs
(Civilians) |
As testified by Teodoro Sanchez during the trial of Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, five Filipino suspected guerrillas, namely Roberto Tan, Lucente, Castillo, two unnamed, and two captured American airmen, were brought to foxholes at the southeast corner of the campus and beheaded by the Kempetai under Capt. Tsuruyama, Lt. Sakati, Sgt. Higashi, Sgt. Saito and Cpl. Wada.[27] |
Consuelo Massacre | April 1946 | Consuelo, Macabebe, Pampanga | Unknown | Community was shelled by the military believing it to be a hideout of the Huks[43] |
Masico Massacre | November 27, 1947 | Masico, Pila, Laguna | 50-51
(farmers) |
Massacred during a dance by soldiers after being suspected as Huks[44] |
Ambush of Aurora Quezon, former First Lady of the Philippines | April 28, 1949 | Salubsob, Bongabon, Nueva Ecija | 12 | Waylaid and ambushed by Huk guerrillas. Among the dead were Mrs. Quezon's daughter, son-in-law, driver and military escorts as well as Ponciano Bernardo, Mayor of Quezon City[45] |
1950s
editName | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Panampunan Massacre | January 3, 1950 | Panampunan,Tarlac, Tarlac | 11 | Victims killed by soldiers trying to cover up the accidental death of one companion during an anti-Huk operation[46] |
Maliwalu massacre | April 7, 1950 | Maliwalu, Bacolor, Pampanga | 21
(all farmers) |
Occurred on Good Friday, victims were executed allegedly as "revenge" for the death of a military captain Nonong Serrano said to be a leader of the private army working for Pampanga Gov. Jose B. Lingad, and was reportedly killed by Hukbalahap members in the same place. This caused Lingad to lose his reelection bid in 1951.[47][48] |
Camp Macabulos massacre | 26 August 1950 | Camp Macabulos, Tarlac, Tarlac | 40
(23 soldiers, 17 civilians) |
Huk attack on army barracks[49] |
Maragondon massacre | September 1952 | Maragondon, Cavite | 4
(Municipal mayor, police chief, 2 policemen) |
Allegedly on the orders of Senator Justiniano Montano, from the victim's rival political party, Leonardo Manecio (Nardong Putik), his alleged hired killer, and his henchmen kidnapped mayor Severino Rillo and stabbed him to death along with the town's police chief and his officers.[50][51][52][53]
The involved, the senator and his men including Manecio, the vice mayor and two councilors, were accused and charged of the killings. Manecio was later convicted, but the senator was acquitted.[50][54] |
1960s
editName | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
RCA Building incident | 26 August 1963 | RCA Bldg., Canonigo St., Paco, Manila | 5
(security guards of the RCA Bldg.) |
Victims were killed by a gang using a fireman's axe during a robbery; another guard and a carpenter survived. It was found to be an inside job involving 4 employees, with another guard Apolonio Adriano as the killer; they were convicted and sentenced to death in 1966.[55] |
Culatingan massacre | 13 June 1966 | Culatingan, Concepcion, Tarlac | 5
(all farmers) |
Three Philippine Constabulary (PC) agents shot 7 farmers; 2 of them survived. Authorities said that they were Huk members engaged in battle with them, but the town vice mayor, as well as the survivors, contradicted this claim.[47][56] Then Tarlac Gov. Benigno Aquino Jr., actively involved in the investigation, blamed the PC for the murders, marking his first confrontations with President Ferdinand Marcos.[57] |
Lapiang Malaya massacre
(Bloody Sunday) |
21 May 1967 | Taft Avenue, Pasay | 33
(32 were farmers from Southern Luzon) |
Bolo-wielding members of the Lapiang Malaya (Freedom Movement) marched to Malacañang Palace to hold a rally, but were attacked on the way by police armed with rifles; 358 more were arrested and taken to Camp Crame in Quezon City.[56][58][59] |
Jabidah massacre | 18 March 1968 | Corregidor Island | 11
(figures varied: claims from a sole survivor, student activists, CMFR & MNLF) |
Muslim youth trained for "Operation Merdeka" were allegedly shot by their training officers.[60][61][62] The massacre served as a catalyst for the Moro conflict. |
Libacao incident | 13 May 1969 | Libacao, Aklan | 18
(all tribesmen) |
A tribal village was attacked and looted by rival tribesmen armed with jungle knives.[63] |
Tarlac incident | 8 October 1969 | Between Capas, and Camp O'Donnell, Tarlac. | 10
(civilian security guards of the US Naval radio station, driver) |
Victims were shot while on their transport vehicle.[64] |
1970s
editName | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Paraiso Massacre | 24 June 1970 | Paraiso, Tarlac, Tarlac | 8
(barangay officials, driver) |
Attack by Huks on a convoy[65] |
San Marcelino Massacre | 18 September 1970 | San Marcelino, Zambales | 12 | Attack by Huks on the Mayor's residence[66] |
Manili massacre | 19 June 19, 1971 | Manili, Carmen, North Cotabato | 70
(all civilians) |
Muslim villagers were killed by soldiers inside a mosque.[67][68][69] |
Tacub massacre | 24 October 1971 | Magsaysay, Lanao del Norte | 40-66 | [70] |
Zamboanga City Massacre | 5 September 1974 | Zamboanga City | 28 | Five raiders described as Christians, armed with bolo knives and automatic rifles, raided an upland settlement and killed Muslims.[71] |
Malisbong (Palimbang) massacre | 24 September 1974 | Malisbong, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat | 1,000–1,500
(figures varied; all civilians) |
Government forces burned the entire village with 300 houses, Moro men were shot inside Tacbil mosque, women and children were arrested and detained, some of them were tortured. Victims were recognized by the government in 2014.[16][60][67][68][72][73][74] |
Maimbung ambush | 16 January 1975 | Maimbung, Sulu | 41 | Muslim rebels wiped out a military patrol[75] |
Wao Massacre | 8 August 1975 | Wao, Lanao del Sur | 32 | Muslim rebels ambushed a truck carrying 34 civilians, killed one, tied the rest together and took them to a village in Bukidnon, where they were gunned down. Two survived.[76] |
New Calamba Massacre | 19 February 1976 | New Calamba, Kalawit, Zamboanga del Norte | 21 | Muslim rebels ambushed a bus carrying more than 50 people[77] |
Bingcul massacre | 1977 | Bingcul village, somewhere in Mindanao | 42
(all civilians) |
Four survived. As the National Bureau of Investigation disclosed the incident in 1980, murder charges were recommended against seven government militiamen who allegedly killed Muslim villagers and burned down their homes.[78] |
Tictapul incident | 1977 | Tictapul, Zamboanga City | 60-Several Hundred[79][80]
(all civilians) |
A local Catholic priest stated the army burned the town after giving residents a few hours to move out. He said 60 to 600 people had probably been killed and only a mosque and a school were left standing. Laisa Masuhud Alamia, a survivor, claimed 400 were killed, including several Christian families.[60][81] |
Patikul massacre | 10 October 1977 | Patikul, Sulu | 35 (all soldiers) | The victims, including Brig. Gen. Teodulfo Bautista, commanding general of the 1st Infantry "Tabak" Division of the Philippine Army, were tricked into attending a "peace dialogue" with a group of MNLF rebels led by Usman Sali and were then ambushed and killed. |
Buluan incident | 16 July 1978 | Buluan, Maguindanao | 9
(all civilians) |
Soldiers shot some 15 farmers working in a field.[68] |
1980s
editName | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kabankalan Killings | March 1980 | Marcopa, Kabankalan, Negros Occidental | 8 | Peasants arrested by the military and later found buried in a farm owned by the town mayor in September[82] |
Bongao Massacre | April 1980 | Bongao, Tawi-Tawi | 29 | Philippine marines massacred them during the Moro rebellion. Motive unknown.[83] |
Pata Island massacre | 12 February 1981 | Pata, Sulu | 124
(government forces) |
Government soldiers were ambushed by Muslim rebels before supposed peace talks in retaliation for the theft of jewelry by soldiers while villagers were at prayer in the mosque;[84] at that time, the worst attack since 1974 and the worst defeat on their side.[85][86] Sources, however, tagged the retaliation as a real massacre, wherein 3,000 Tausug civilians were killed in an operation launched by the military.[67] |
Daet massacre | 14 June 1981 | Daet, Camarines Norte | 4
(all civilians) |
Marching protesters were fired upon by soldiers; more than 40 were wounded.[87][88][89][90] |
Beberon Killings | 23 August 1981 | Beberon, San Fernando, Camarines Sur | 3 | Farmers abducted and killed by soldiers[91] |
Tudela incident
(Family murders) |
24 August 1981 | Sitio Gitason, Brgy. Lampasan, Tudela, Misamis Occidental | 10
(family members) |
Paramilitary members of a quasi-religious sect called Rock Christ attacked the Gumapon residence with 12 persons inside.[87][88] |
Sag-od massacre | 15 September 1981 | Barrio Sag-od, Las Navas, Northern Samar | 45
(all civilians) |
Eighteen armed men identified with the Special Forces–Integrated Civilian Home Defense Forces, consisting of security guards of a logging company and paramilitary forces, gathered residents out of their homes and shot them in groups; also burned some of them, and looted the village which later declared inhabitable for sometime since survivors were unable to return due to fear of being killed by perpetrators.[87][88][92] |
Culasi incident | 19 December 1981 | Culasi, Antique | 5
(all farmers) |
Philippine Constabulary forces fired at a group of at least 400 marching residents while on the bridge; several were injured.[47][87][88] |
Bato incident | 25 December 1981 | Bato, Camarines Sur | 14 | NPA ambush on a government vehicle[93] |
Talugtug incident | 3 January 1982 | Talugtug, Nueva Ecija | 5
(all civilians) |
Victims were gathered by the military. They were found dead a day later.[87][88] |
Dumingag incident | February 1982 | Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur | 12
(all civilians) |
Members of Ilaga cult killed the victims in retaliation for the death of their leader.[87][88] |
Gapan incident
(Family murders) |
12 February 1982 | Gapan, Nueva Ecija | 5
(family members: couple, 3 children) |
Men in camouflage attacked Bautista family's house.[88] |
Hinunangan incident | 23 March 1982 | Masaymon, Hinunangan, Southern Leyte | 8
(all civilians, 6 were aged 3–18) |
Members of the Orillo family killed by soldiers.[87] |
Bayog incident | 25 May – June 1982 | Dimalinao, Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur | 5
(all civilians) |
In retaliation for the death of 23 soldiers on 23 May, the military launched airstrikes on the village, killing 3. Victims were picked up days later, on 30 May and 18 June, then killed. It was followed by an attack on the parish priest's residence.[87][88] |
Bulacan massacre | 21 June 1982 | Pulilan, Bulacan | 5
(all civilians) |
Six peasant organizers conducting a meeting at a farmer's house were raided by soldiers and five of them were taken away. They were found dead in San Rafael a day after. Only one, who evaded the raid, survived.[87][88][94] |
Labo incident | 23 June 1982 | Labo, Camarines Norte | 5
(all civilians) |
In retaliation for the death of a soldier's friend, victims finishing the construction of the army detachment were shot by its soldiers.[87] |
Tong Umapoy massacre | 1983 | Tawi-Tawi | 57
(all civilians) |
A Navy ship allegedly fired on a passenger boat, killing people on board.[72] |
Don Mariano Marcos Massacre | 16 April 1983 | Don Mariano Marcos, Misamis Occidental | 6
(Integrated Civilian Home Defense Force) |
Killed by soldiers as punishment for losing their weapons to the NPA[95] |
Godod Ambush
(Rebel attack) |
29 September 1983 | Godod, Zamboanga del Norte | 46
(39 soldiers, 7 civilians) |
About 70 suspected NPA rebels ambushed an army patrol unit in what was then the worst single attack on Government forces since the start of the NPA rebellion; only eleven survived.[96] |
Digos Killings | 13–14 November 1983 | Digos, Davao del Sur | 3 | Abducted and later killed by soldiers who accused them of involvement in the killing of a lieutenant.[95] |
Adlay Massacre | 19 November 1983 | Sitio Adlay, Anahao Daan, Tago, Surigao del Sur | 4 | Attack on the village by paramilitaries[95] |
Sibalom Bridge Massacre | 13 May 1984 | Pangpang Bridge, Sibalom, Antique | 7 | Supporters of Batasang Pambansa candidate Evelio Javier killed by suspected gunmen of a pro-Marcos political rival.[97] |
Libacao Ambush | 26 August 1984 | Libacao, Aklan | 11 | Attack on a convoy carrying the town mayor and his escorts from the CHDF by the New People's Army.[98] |
Sinasa village massacre | 9 September 1985 | Sinasa, Davao City | 68
(perpetrator and his followers) |
Religious leader Mangayanon Butaog fed poisoned food to his followers in a remote mountain village, murdered his wife and two children with a machete, and later committed suicide; five survived.[99] |
Escalante massacre | 20 September 1985 | Escalante, Negros Occidental | 20
(all civilians) |
A crowd of estimated 5,000, holding a strike, were shot by government forces during dispersal; scores injured. The involved policemen were jailed and later released on parole in 2003.[47][87][100][101][102] |
Balamban murders | 5 October 1985 | Balamban, Cebu | 9
(family members) |
Skeletal remains of Anugot family members were exhumed on 29 August 2008.[103] |
Inopacan massacre | 1985[104] | Mt. Sapang Dako, Baranggay Culisihan, Inopacan, Leyte[105][106][107] | 67 | New People's Army purge were discovered by authorities in a mass grave site on 28 August 2006.[104][105][106][107][108] |
Guinobatan ambush | 3 March 1986 | Guinobatan, Albay | 19 | NPA attack on an army transport.[109] |
Gumaca ambush | 2 July 1986 | Gumaca, Quezon | 11 | NPA attack on an army convoy.[110] |
Pamplona ambush | 2 July 1986 | Pamplona, Cagayan | 9 | NPA attack[110] |
Mendiola massacre (Black Thursday) |
January 22, 1987 | Mendiola, San Miguel, Manila | 13
(all civilians) |
Government forces opened fire on thousands of farmers marching to Malacañang Palace; 39 were injured. None were convicted.[111] |
Lupao massacre | 10 February 1987 | Sitio Padlao, Namulandayan, Lupao, Nueva Ecija | 17
(all civilians) |
Victims were killed by soldiers, reportedly in retaliation for the death of a platoon leader killed by NPA. Soldiers involved were later acquitted by a court martial.[112] |
Candulawan massacre | 28 February 1987 | Candulawan, Talisay, Cebu | 3 | Villagers killed by paramilitaries[113] |
Malinao ambush | 4 May 1987 | Malinao, Aklan | 16 | NPA Attack on government soldiers[114] |
Pantar Massacre | 29 June 1987 | Pantar, Lanao del Norte | 5
(Islamic missionaries) |
Members of the international Islamic missionary group, Tablighi Jamaat, including 2 Malaysian nationals, were stopped and killed in the vicinity of an army checkpoint[113] |
Mahaling Massacre | 9 August 1987 | Mahaling, Himamaylan, Negros Occidental | 6 | Members of a Basic Christian Community abducted and killed by paramilitaries[113] |
DXRA massacre | 27 August 1987 | Davao City | 9
(4 local mediamen; 5 civilians) |
Communist rebels attacked radio stations DXRA and DXMF, however, failed to cause casualties to the latter.[115] |
Lason Batch | 5 September 1987 | Zamboanga City | 19[116] | More than 200 Philippine Constabulary soldiers fell ill and showed symptoms of pesticide poisoning after taking refreshments from supposed civilians while jogging, with the equivalent of an entire platoon dying over the next three days. The group behind the mass poisoning was never identified. |
Camalig Ambush | 27 February 1988 | Camalig, Albay | 13 | NPA Attack on the Philippine Army Scout Rangers[117] |
Tukuran Massacre | 16 September 1988 | San Antonio, Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur | 3 | Villagers were tortured and killed by soldiers who accused them of being NPA rebels[118] |
Midsalip massacre
(Family murders) |
22 November 1988 | Midsalip, Zamboanga del Sur | 9
(family members: couple and seven of their children) |
Victims were hacked to death in their home, by assailants in an apparent robbery. Two other children managed to survive.[119] |
Bagtik massacre
(Shooting incident) |
22 November 1988 | Bagtik, San Remigio, Cebu | 17
(all civilians) |
Gunmen arrived in an isolated mountain area and shot around the chapel, while villagers gathered there for evening prayers, as well as an adjacent residence. At least 12 were wounded, three of them critically. Authorities were able to learn about the incident two days later.[119][120] |
Pagao Massacre | 18 February 1989 | Carayman, Calbayog, Western Samar | 8 | Civilians, including 4 members of the Pagao family were killed by soldiers under the guise of an encounter with the NPA[118] |
Santa Catalina Massacre | 29 March 1989 | Buenavista, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental | 5
(farmers) |
Abducted and killed by anti-communist paramilitaries[118] |
Paombong Massacre | 28 April 1989 | San Jose, Paombong, Bulacan | 9 | Claimed by soldiers to have been caught in an encounter after initially claiming that the victims were NPA rebels[118] |
Rano massacre | 25 June 1989 | Binaton, Digos, Davao del Sur | 37-41
(figures varied; mostly unarmed civilians, some armed anti-communist vigilantes, some count include 2 claimed NPA rebel deaths) |
Thirty-nine victims were members of the United Church of Christ congregation, killed in church. Two NPA rebels also killed in an encounter. At least eight others were wounded.[121] |
1989 Davao hostage crisis | 13–15 August 1989 | Davao City | 21 | A hostage-taking incident, army jail detainees took as hostages 15 Joyous Assembly of God members; 5 Christian Pentecostals and 16 detainees, also hostages, were killed.[122] |
1990s
editName | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pinukpuk Massacre | 21 January 1990 | Pinukpuk, Kalinga-Apayao | 3 | Killed by unknown gunmen. One of the victims, Ayangwa Claver, was the son of a prominent supporter of autonomy for the Cordillera.[118] |
Mamindiala Massacre
(Family murders) |
3 August 1990 | New Passi, Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat | 19 | Members of the Mamindiala family killed by soldiers who claimed that they were Muslim rebels[118][123][124] |
Peralta Massacre
(Family murders) |
16 August 1990 | Manlocboc, Aguilar, Pangasinan | 4 | Members of the Peralta family killed by gunmen working for a police sergeant[118] |
Vizconde massacre
(Family murders) |
30 June 1991 | BF Homes, Parañaque, Metro Manila | 3 | Vizconde family members were the victims, all had suffered multiple stab wounds. Hubert Webb, scion of a prominent family was convicted of masterminding the killings in 2000 but was later acquitted by the Supreme Court in 2010 |
Bensen Massacre
(Family murders) |
30 June 1991 | Hacienda Wawa, Santa Rosa, Murcia, Negros Occidental | 3 | Members of the same family, including a pregnant woman, killed by suspected soldiers possibly for their involvement in trade union activities[118] |
Talacogon Massacre | 16 October 1991 | Del Monte, Talacogon, Agusan del Sur | 4 | Leaders of a religious sect killed by the NPA for their role in counter-insurgency operations[118] |
Marihatag ambush | 15 February 1992 | Marihatag, Surigao del Sur | 47[125] | NPA ambush on an army convoy |
Sablan massacre
(Family murders) |
18–19 June 1992 | Sitio Dakes, Banangan, Sablan, Benguet | 3
(family members: survivor's sister and 2 cousins) |
Victims were killed by five policemen; Myrna Diones was the only survivor.[126] |
Tungawan massacres
(Rebel attack) |
13 December 1992 | Sinaguran, Tungawan, Zamboanga del Sur | 40
(all civilians) |
About 20 armed men, suspected Muslim renegades led by a former officer of the Moro National Liberation Front, entered Christian settlements in three villages, herded and attacked Subanon residents. As high as a dozen others were seriously injured. Suspects were reportedly angered by the refusal of some villagers to pay protection money.[127] |
Antipolo massacre
(Rampage killing) |
3 December 1993 | Sitio Kulasisi, San Luis, Antipolo, Rizal | 5
(perpetrator's neighbors) |
Winefredo Masagca, believed to be "possessed by evil spirits," killed his neighbors in their house.[128] |
Maguindanao incident
(Rebel attack) |
13 December 1993 | Maguindanao | 8–9
(all civilians) |
A group of about 20 armed men stopped a bus; Christian passengers were separated from Muslims, robbed and shot. Fifteen others were wounded, while a Christian minister was left unhurt.[129] |
Lipa Arandia massacre
(Family murders) |
10 April 1994 | Sabang, Lipa, Batangas | 3 | Angelina Arandia, along with her daughters Chelsea Liz and Anne Geleen died from multiple stab wounds[130] |
Ipil massacre
(Terror attack) |
4 April 1995 | Ipil, Zamboanga del Sur | 53
(all civilians) |
About 200 heavily armed Abu Sayyaf rebels, who had arrived the day before disguised as soldiers, launched a 2½-hour surprise attack in a commercial district in the predominantly Christian town, shot civilians, burned hundreds of buildings after plundering some, took many hostages as they withdrew, and clashed with government reinforcements. At least 44 were wounded; arrests were made. The raid was said the worst since the 1970s.[131][132] |
Kuratong Baleleng Rubout | 18 May 1995 | Quezon City | 11 | Suspected members of an organized crime syndicate were killed under suspicious circumstances by the police.[133] |
Payumo massacre
(Family murders) |
99 September 1995 | Santa Rosa, Laguna | 4
(family members: mother, 3 children) |
Victims were believed to be killed by drug addicts; a daughter of the family survived.[134][135]
Four suspects were convicted by the Biñan RTC on 1997.[136] However, on 2002, the Supreme Court lowered the death penalty sentence of three of them to four life terms each, while the fourth suspect, then sentenced to life imprisonment, was acquitted.[137] |
Olongapo incident
(Rampage killing) |
21 October 1995 | Olongapo | 8 | Edgar Fernandez staged a shooting spree in a private hospital for its management's poor treatment; 3 were wounded.[138][139][140] |
Buhi massacre
(Family murders) |
28 December 1995 | Sitio Bogtong, Gabas, Buhi, Camarines Sur | 13
(family members: from the Cascante–Gayte clan: mother & 2 children; from the Gayte–Campo clan: couple & 5 children; also 2 another Gayte relatives and an adopted daughter. They including 5 young minors.) |
The incident was triggered by a land dispute involving Nieva, Gayte, and Campo families. In retaliation for the killing of landlord Cristito Nieva, Jr. on 28 October 1995, a number of armed men attacked the compound in a remote village and later shot and hacked the victims in their houses, with three of them beheaded, and the rest sustaining gunshots.[141][142] One of them was the wife of one of the suspects implicated to the landlord's murder. Two of nine survivors, one from each clan, stood as star witness. Some of the involved and implicated were a police chief, with five others including Ramon Madrideo, once turned as state witness, who were arrested in January 1996[143]) and four from the Nieva clan, including the alleged mastermind Ester Nieva, the landlord's wife, who were arrested on 1999.[144]).[145] A case was considered solved upon the surrender of the remaining three of 13 suspects in the landlord's murder in August 1996.[146] |
North Cotabato incident
(Mass murder) |
11 May 1997 | Pigcawayan, North Cotabato | 5
(minor brothers) |
A case of alleged cannibalism.[147] |
Sara massacre
(Rampage killing) |
12 August 1998 | Bacabac, Sara, Iloilo | 10
(travelers, including a United States Peace Corps volunteer) |
Five men attacked four vehicles and shot the victims in a robbery incident. On 14 August, Ernesto (Edgardo) Brito surrendered; he admitted, but later denied, his involvement while pointing at Ricky Braga as the alleged mastermind, and his second cousin; the two were later captured. On 19 May 2000, a court sentenced Brito to death and convicted two confessed killers, the Braga cousins, as well as a couple for obstruction of justice.[148] |
Nueva Ecija incident
(Summary killing) |
March 1999 | Jaen, Nueva Ecija Tarlac City |
5
(including a lone survivor in Jaen) |
Victims were shot in Jaen, allegedly by the men of local police chief Supt. Alfredo Siwa. Their companion, a survivor and lone witness, was later killed by a group of eight armed men reportedly led by Siwa, at the Tarlac Provincial Hospital on 26 March. Siwa was later arrested and the entire Baliwag police force was relieved.[149] |
2000s
editName | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mindoro Oriental murders
(Rampage killing) |
3 April 2000 | Victoria, Oriental Mindoro | 7
(all civilians) |
Victims were fatally shot by two drunk soldiers in a videoke bar; two others were seriously wounded.[150] |
Lantawan ambush | 7 May 2000 | Lantawan, Basilan | 13 | Attack by the Abu Sayyaf on Army Special Forces[151] |
Jones ambush
(Rebel attack) |
28 June 2000 | Jones, Isabela | 13 | NPA attack on a government convoy[152] |
Armed attack (Lanao del Sur)
(Rebel attack) |
16 July 2000 | Somogot, Bumbaran, Lanao del Sur | 21
(all Christian residents) |
Victims were shot dead inside a mosque by about a hundred armed men, suspected to be Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels, who had attacked the village; ensued shooting rampage injured 11 people.[153] |
Armed attack (Cotabato)
(Rebel attack) |
4 August 2000 | North Cotabato | 16
(all civilians) |
Heavily armed men, suspected from the MILF, stopped the vehicles on a road; victims inside were robbed and shot; 10 were injured.[154] |
Himamaylan ambush
(Rebel attack) |
21 August 2000 | Carabalan, Himamaylan, Negros Occidental | 17
(all soldiers) |
Attack by the NPA on a military transport[155] |
Dinagat massacre
(Mass murder) |
13 December 2000 | San Jose, Surigao del Norte | 11
(members of a faction of Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association) |
Members of the PBMA's White Guerreros were killed by the elite force, White Eagles, upon orders of the cult's leader Ruben Ecleo Jr., in his residence. Local police reported that the victims were hacked; but National Bureau of Investigation autopsies later found out that they were shot.[156] |
Bacolod murders
(Family murders) |
17 December 2000 | Bacolod | 8
(family members: father, 3 sons, his parents; also 2 family housemaids) |
The Rivilla family's houseboy Bernon Gallo, later confessed and was convicted for the killings in the residence of a haciendero family wherein their driver had survived.[157] |
Afalla Massacre
(Family murders) |
18 April 2001 | Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya | 4 | Patriarch suspected in the murders of his wife and three children, who were found in a shallow grave along the Magat River[158] |
Novaliches Massacre | 12 June 2001 | Santa Lucia, Novaliches, Quezon City | 5 | Stabbings during a birthday party[159] |
Cateel ambush | 17 November 2001 | Cateel, Davao Oriental | 18 | Attack by the NPA on a military transport[160] |
Calonge Massacre
(Family murders) |
1 December 2001 | Cabuluan, Villaverde, Nueva Vizcaya | 3 | Patriarch killed his wife and two daughters. A third daughter was wounded[161] |
Mandaue murders
(Family murders) |
18 June 2002 | Mandaue, Cebu | 5
(family members: 2 siblings and their parents, all in-laws of Ruben Ecleo Jr.; a neighbor) |
Victims were shot dead in the Bacolod residence by Rico Gumonong, a PBMA member, who was later killed in an encounter with the responding policemen. Among the victims was Ben Bacolod, brother-in-law of Ruben Ecleo Jr. and believed to be the sole witness in the murder of his sister and Ecleo's wife, Alona Bacolod. He also testified on the 2000 Dinagat massacre. Ecleo surrendered to the police on 19 June. He had faced charges for two separate massacres and for the death of his wife.[156] |
Zamboanga City murders
(Family murders) |
19 December 2002 | San Roque, Zamboanga City | 7
(family members: mother, 3 children; also 3 family helpers) |
Victims were murdered at the Tan family's house.[162] |
Kalawit Massacre | 19 February 2003 | Kalawit, Zamboanga del Norte | 14 | Villagers killed in an attack by Muslim rebels[163] |
Maigo Massacre | 24 April 2003 | Maigo, Lanao del Norte | 13 | Passengers aboard a jeepney killed in an attack by the MILF[164][165] |
Siocon Massacre | 4 May 2003 | Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte | 34 | Civilians killed in an attack by the MILF on the town[166] |
Balios Massacre | 13 November 2003 | Kalawit, Zamboanga del Norte | 7 | Members of the Balios family killed by bolo-wielding bandits[167] |
Hacienda Luisita massacre | 16 November 2004 | Hacienda Luisita, Tarlac | 7 | A clash between government troops and more than 6,000 protesting farm workers during an attempted dispersal resulted also in injuries of at least 120. Charges against the suspects were dismissed in 2010.[168] |
San Rafael ambush | 16 November 2004 | Pasong Callos, San Rafael, Bulacan | 10 | Attack by the NPA on soldiers conducting a post-typhoon rescue mission[169] |
Palo massacre | 21 November 2005 | San Agustin, Palo, Leyte | 7 | Claimed to be a legitimate operation by the military, the "gunfight" between the soldiers and alleged armed groups lasted for about 45 minutes at dawn. Resulted in the death of 7 peasants, including a pregnant woman, 11 were wounded, 8 were arrested but only 6 were detained, and 2 were still missing.[170][171] |
Calbayog massacre | 2 June 2007 | Gadgaran, Calbayog, Samar | 10 | Danilo "Danny" Guades hacked to death 10 people with a bolo and injured 17 more on a drunk rampage through his neighborhood at early morning. |
Basilan beheading incident | 10 July 2007 | Al-Barka, Basilan | 23 | Soldiers ambushed by the MILF during rescue operations for a kidnapped Italian priest. 11 of the victims were beheaded |
Mangalino Massacre | 25 November 2007 | Tanza, Cavite | 4 | Cecilio Mangalino fatally stabbed his pregnant wife, mother-in-law and daughter inside their home and injured two other daughters while drunk following an argument with his wife.[172] |
Olongapo massacre | 13 March 2008 | Gordon Heights, Olongapo | 4
(including model Scarlet Garcia and her cousin) |
Victims were killed in a condominium unit.[173][174][175] |
Olongapo murders
(Family murders) |
27 July 2008 | Sitio Kakilingan, Iram Resettlement, Brgy. Cabalan, Olongapo | 3
(Korean family members: mother, daughter, grandchild) |
Victims were stabbed by unidentified men in their house.[176][177] |
RCBC robbery-massacre | 16 May 2008 | Cabuyao, Laguna | 10 | All bank employees were shot dead. |
Calamba massacre | 18 May 2008 | Hornalan, Calamba, Laguna | 8 | [178][179][180] |
Lanao del Norte offensive | 18 August 2008 | Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte Maasim, Sarangani Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat |
46 | Simultaneous attacks by MILF rebels on civilian and military targets across Mindanao[181] |
Shariff Aguak murders
(Family murders) |
28 August 2008 | Tapikan, Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao | 8
(members of the Lumenda and Aleb families) |
Ampatuan militiamen shot and killed them as they were harvesting in their rice field.[182] |
Cervantes ambush | 25 October 2009 | Cervantes, Ilocos Sur | 10 | NPA attack on government soldiers[183] |
Maguindanao massacre
(Mass murder) |
23 November 2009 | Sitio Masalay, Brgy. Salman, Ampatuan, Maguindanao | 58
(most of them were part of a convoy: family members, including E. Mangudadatu's wife and his two sisters, and supporters of a perpetrator's political rival, 32 journalists; lawyers; aides; 6 passersby that mistakenly identified as part of the convoy. The body of one victim, journalist Reynaldo Momay, was never found, which led to only 57 counts of murder being filed against the perpetrators) |
A convoy carrying relatives and supporters of Buluan vice mayor Esmael Mangudadatu was stopped by around 200 armed men while on their way to the provincial capitol to file his candidacy, challenging Datu Unsay mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., son of the incumbent Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. and member of one of Mindanao's leading Muslim political clans for upcoming elections. The victims were later abducted and killed and their bodies were buried in shallow graves on a hilltop. On December 19, 2019, a court convicted 28 people, including Andal Jr. and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Governor Zaldy Ampatuan, and sentenced them to life imprisonment; 56 others were acquitted. Andal Sr. died in custody before the conclusion of the trial.[184][185] |
2010s
editName | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Manila hostage crisis | 23 August 2010 | Quirino Grandstand, Manila | 8
(tourists) |
Hong Kong tourists killed by Rolando Mendoza, a disgruntled policeman, after a 9-hour standoff on a tour bus. Mendoza was killed by a police sniper during a rescue mission. |
Rendon massacre
(Family murders) |
12 October 2011 | Santa Felomina, San Pablo, Laguna | 4
(family members: couple, 2 children) |
Ernie Tambuong, victims' neighbor, killed them because of a suspicion; only a daughter of the family survived.[186][187][188][189] |
Sibago Island massacre
(Terror attack) |
24 January 2012 | Sibago Island, Hadji Mohammad Ajul, Basilan | 15
(all civilians: Pagadian City residents) |
Gunmen who were the victim's rivals, aboard three pump boats fired at them while fishing; three wounded.[132][190][191][192] |
Tinoc ambush | 25 April 2012 | Gumhang, Tinoc, Ifugao | 12
(11 soldiers, 1 civilian) |
NPA ambush[132][193] |
Roque-Sta. Ana. massacre
(Family murders) |
16 August 2012 | Saint Francis Village, Balagtas, Bulacan | 4
(family members: grandfather, mother, 2 children) |
Victims were killed in a robbery.[194][195] |
Kawit massacre | 4 January 2013 | Tabon 1, Kawit, Cavite | 8 (including the perpetrator) | 30-minute shooting rampage that saw a drunk man named Ronald Baquiran Bae kill at least 7 people and a dog and wounded 12 others with a semiautomatic pistol before he was shot and killed by police. Another man, John Paul Lopez, was later arrested for assisting the gunman during the shooting by reloading his pistol magazine. The motive of the suspect is still unclear. A subsequent search of Bae's house led to the discovery of human remains. |
Atimonan massacre | 6 January 2013 | Atimonan, Quezon | 13 | Initially claimed to be a roadside shootout conducted by Philippine National Police against a gambling syndicate leader but was found by the National Bureau of Investigation to have been a rubout.[196] |
Nunungan massacre
(Terror attack) |
22 April 2013 | Nunungan, Lanao del Norte | 13
(all civilians: including relatives of the town mayor, supporters) |
Convoy of Mayor Abdulmalik Manamparan was ambushed; 10 wounded.[132][197][198] |
Pampanga massacre | 21 September 2013 | Angeles, Pampanga | 7 | Nicolas Edejer, a fish trader, sustained a gunshot wound in the head during the killings that claimed the life of his wife Corazon, son Kenneth, nephew Nelson Dominico, housemaids Teresita Lansangan and alias Kaykay, and Benigno Villanueva.[199] |
Pili massacre | 31 December 2013 | Pili, Camarines Sur | 5 (including the perpetrator) | Anthony Zepeda held his father, brother, sister-in-law and a maid hostage for 10 hours before shooting them. He then shot himself.[200] |
Baguio massacre | 6 April 2014 | Kayang Hilltop, Baguio | 5 | Victims (including 3 minors and a maid) were stabbed inside a rented apartment on the fourth floor of a building. On 28 January 2016, a court convicted Phillip Tolentino Avino for the killings and sentenced him to life imprisonment.[201] |
Talipao massacre | 28 July 2014 | Talipao, Sulu | 21 | Armed men opened fire at a convoy of civilians who were travelling to a feast to mark the end of Ramadan.[202] |
Mamasapano clash (Also known as the Mamasapano massacre) | 25 January 2015 | Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao | 44 SAF personnel | A police operation, codenamed Oplan Exodus, by Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (allegedly joined by US Army Special Forces) against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front; SAF members were fired upon by members of the MILF.[203] |
Negros Oriental massacre | 5 February 2016 | Sitio Alibabay, Barangay Mabigo, Canlaon, Negros Oriental | 3 (including a 15-year-old girl) | Roberto Montano Jr. killed Virgilio Tabanao, 61, his wife Erlinda, 69, and granddaughter, Kia, 15, at their home.[204] |
SJDM massacre
(Family murders) |
27 June 2017 | San Jose del Monte, Bulacan | 5
(family members: grandmother, mother, 3 children) |
[205][206] |
Hacienda Nene massacre | 20 October 2018 | Hacienda Nene, Sagay, Negros Occidental | 9
(all farmers) |
At least 40 men reportedly fired at sugarcane farmers and members of the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) and burned three of the bodies. Four farmers, two of which were minors managed to escape.[207][208] |
2020s
editName | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lantapan Massacre | 26 November 2022 | Sitio Kiabacat, Barangay Songco, Lantapan, Bukidnon | 5 | 6 persons shot and hacked the victims, which included children. Believed to have been caused by a land dispute[209][210] |
Pamplona Massacre | 4 March 2023 | San Isidro, Pamplona, Negros Oriental | 10 | Assassination of the governor of Negros Oriental, Roel Degamo and nine visitors after at least six gunmen armed with rifles and wearing military-style uniforms opened fire in his home.[211][212][213] |
Trece Martires Massacre
(Mass killing) |
9 March 2023 | Cabuco, Trece Martires,Cavite | 4 | Four children were stabbed to death by their stepfather Felimon Escalona, who then committed suicide.[214][215][216] |
Himamaylan Massacre
(Mass killing) |
14 June 2023 | Sitio Kangkiling, Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan, Negros Occidental | 4 | Four members of the Fausto family, including two children, were shot dead, with the AFP and the NPA trading blame.[217] |
Sapad Massacre | 7 January 2024 | Sitio Lapao, Barangay Karkum, Sapad, Lanao del Norte | 7 | The bodies of seven members of the Gaviola and Legara families from Margosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur, including three minors, were found buried with bullet wounds to the head in a freshly-dug grave on this date.[218][219] |
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