What the records say
- When
- 15 Sep 1981
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 45
- Coordinates
- 12.27° N, 125.00° E
- Description
- 1981 mass murder in the Philippines
Placed at the town its title names, Sag-od.
Sag-od massacre
1981 mass murder in the Philippines
The Sag-od massacre, also known as the Las Navas massacre, was the mass murder of 45 men, women and children in Barrio Sag-od in Las Navas, Northern Samar, on September 15, 1981, by 18 heavily armed security men of the San Jose Timber Corp. who were also members of the Special Forces of the Civilian Home Defense Force (CHDF).
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