What the records say
- When
- 2 Jun 2001
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 6.65° N, 122.13° E
- Description
- 2001 siege
Siege of Lamitan
Siege during the Moro conflict
The siege of Lamitan took place on 2 June 2001 when members of the Islamic terrorist group Abu Sayyaf entered the city of Lamitan, one of two Christian settlements in the predominantly Muslim province of Basilan in the Philippines. They took over a church and a hospital and held priests, medical staff and patients hostage. Government forces surrounded the Muslim extremists, preventing their escape.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Series of battles in Basilan between the military and the Abu Sayyaf leave two deaths, while nine of the hostages from Palawan escape”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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