1995 Ipil massacre
| Ipil massacre of 1995 | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Moro conflict | |
.svg.png)  Ipil Ipil (Philippines) Location of Ipil in Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines | |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 7°46′54″N 122°35′26″E / 7.781667°N 122.590556°E |
| Date | 3 April 1995 (UTC+8) |
| Target | Civilians |
Attack type | Armed assault; Terrorism; Mass murder |
| Weapons | Automatic weapons, Grenades and Rocket Propelled Grenades |
| Deaths | 53 |
Non-fatal injuries | 48+ |
| Perpetrators | c. 200 Abu Sayyaf militants[1] |
The 1995 Ipil massacre occurred on the morning of April 3, 1995, in the municipality of Ipil in Zamboanga Sibugay province when approximately 200 heavily armed Abu Sayyaf militants[1] fired upon residents, strafed civilian homes, plundered banks, took up to 30 hostages and then burned the centre of the town to the ground.[2][3]
The militants allegedly arrived in the town by boat and bus, and a number of them had been dressed in military fatigues
The town's Chief of Police was reportedly killed in the attack and close to a billion pesos were looted from eight commercial banks.[4] Army commandos pursued some rebel gunmen in nearby mountains while officials said that the rebels were looting farms and seizing civilians as "human shields" as they fled the town of [5] About 40 rebels, who may have taken hostages, were cornered in a school compound west of Ipil on the 6th of April when an elite army unit attacked. In the fighting that followed, the television station GMA reported, 11 civilians were killed.[5]
References
- 1 2 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=pzgyBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=1995+Ipil+massacre&source=bl&ots=UTv__yO7Xi&sig=vVhBmeP3FhambLWMa1nEbJXMr-g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVttWgxNfPAhXrq1QKHUE9DJo4ChDoAQgnMAM#v=onepage&q=1995%20Ipil%20massacre&f=false
- ↑ "Troops seek killers of 53 in Philippines". Ocala Star-Banner. 12 April 1995. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ↑ "Gunmen raid Philippine town, 100 dead". Times-Union. Associated Press. 4 April 1995. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ↑ "VICTORIA CALAGUIAN: Photojournalist". L.A. Zamboanga Times. December 22, 2008. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
- 1 2 "World News Briefs; Filipino Troops Corner Rebels After Attack". New York Times. April 7, 1995. Retrieved March 23, 2010.