1995 Ipil massacre
| Ipil massacre of 1995 | |
|---|---|
| Part of Islamic insurgency in the Philippines | |
.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 |
| Weapons | Automatic weapons, Grenades and Rocket Propelled Grenades |
| Deaths | 53 |
Non-fatal injuries | 48+ |
| Assailants | Around 200 Islamist militants |
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 militants of the Islamic Command Council fired upon residents, strafed civilian homes, plundered banks, took up to 30 hostages and then burned the centre of the town to the ground.[1][2]
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.[3] 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 [4] 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.[4]
References
- ↑ "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.