2007 Basilan beheading incident

2007 Basilan beheading incident
Part of Islamic insurgency in the Philippines
DateJuly 10, 2007 – July 11, 2007
Location
Belligerents

PhilippinesPhilippines

MILF
Suspected Abu Sayyaf
Commanders and leaders
Philippines Brigadier General Ramiro Alivio Various MILF commanders.
Strength
50 marines about 400 combatants
Casualties and losses
14–23[1] dead
(11 beheaded)
9 wounded
20 dead
Map of the Philippines showing the location of Basilan.

The 2007 Basilan beheading incident was an armed incident in July 2007 between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels and the Philippine Army which led to the execution of 14 or 23 members of the Philippine Marines, amongst them 11 beheaded in the province of Basilan in the southern Philippines.

  1. ^ "(UPDATE 5) 14 Marines killed in Basilan clash - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos". Archived from the original on 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2013-11-28.

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