Event
44 members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) are killed after a clash in Tukalinapao, Mamasapano
25 Jan 2015 · 6.92° N, 124.52° E
What the records say
- When
- 25 Jan 2015
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 6.92° N, 124.52° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Mamasapano clash.
Summary
44 members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) are killed after a clash in Tukalinapao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao against armed fighters including those from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. PNP-SAF's objective is to pursue Zulkifli Abdhir also known as Marwan and Abdul Basit Usman as part of Oplan Exodus and killed the former. The deaths of the PNP-SAF officers ignite debate on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law which will be the foundation of the new Bangsamoro autonomous region.
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