What the records say
- When
- 12 Feb 1981
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 5.83° N, 121.16° E
- Description
- 1981 killing of soldiers in the Philippines
Pata Island massacre
1981 killing of soldiers in the Philippines
The Pata Island massacre refers to an event that took place on February 12, 1981, on Pata Island, Sulu province in the Philippines. More than 100 Philippine Army officers and men were killed by Moro natives in what was called by retired Major General Delfin Castro as "the biggest number of casualties incurred by the Armed Forces of the Philippines in a single incident since the start of the conflict in Mindanao and h…
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