What the records say
- When
- 9 Sep 1985
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 68
- Coordinates
- 12.00° N, 123.00° E
- Description
- 1985 mass poisoning in the Philippines
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Sinasa massacre
1985 mass poisoning in the Philippines
The Sinasa massacre was a mass poisoning and stabbing carried out by religious leader Mangayanon Butaog on September 9, 1985 in Sinasa, a village in Davao City, Philippines. A total of 68 people died including Butaog; 64 from eating poisoned gruel, and four from stab wounds. Five people survived by spitting out the gruel and pretending to be dead.
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