Manili massacre
Appearance
Manili massacre | |
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Part of the hand grenade, bladed weapons | |
Deaths | 70[1] |
Injured | 17[1] |
Perpetrators | Ilaga |
Motive | Revenge killing in retaliation for purported killing of Christians in earlier incidents[2] |
The Manili massacre refers to the
North Cotabato, Philippines on June 19, 1971.[3][2] The Muslim residents of the town had gathered in their mosque to participate in a supposed peace talk with Christian groups when a group of armed men dressed in uniforms similar to those worn by members of the Philippine Constabulary opened fire on them.[2]
It was suspected that the Ilaga militant group were the attack's perpetrators,[1] but there were also allegations that the Philippine Constabulary had collaborated with the Ilaga. No one was found culpable for the incident; Feliciano Lucas, also known as "Commander Toothpick", the Ilaga leader who was the prime suspect in the crime, was released after he "surrendered" to Ferdinand Marcos at the Malacañang Palace.[1] The incident resulted in increased hostilities between Moro Muslims and Christians.[4] In response to the incident, former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi provided military aid to the secessionist group Moro National Liberation Front.[4][5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Mariveles, Julius D. "Mindanao: A memory of massacres". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- ^ ISBN 8876528792.
- ^ "The June 19, 1971 Manili Massacre : “All I can remember is that the blood was so warm”, by Aveen Acuna-Gulo, MindaNews (Mindanao, Philippines), June 20, 2018
- ^ ISBN 978-1409489344.
- ISBN 0520919645.