What the records say
- When
- 9 Apr 2016
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 6.53° N, 122.17° E
- Description
- 2016 battle
Battle of Tipo-Tipo
2016 Philippine battle
The Battle of Tipo-Tipo was a military engagement that began on 9 April 2016 at Tipo-Tipo, Basilan Island, Philippines between forces of the Philippine Army and members of the Abu Sayyaf militant group. The battle resulted in dozens of casualties, with at least 18 soldiers and 31 militants reported killed, and more than 70 others injured.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “18 soldiers and five Abu Sayyaf bandits including a suspected foreign terrorist, Moroccan national Mohammad Khattab, and Ubaida Hapilon”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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