2017 Bohol clashes

2017 Bohol clashes
Part of the Moro conflict and Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines
Pump boats used by Abu Sayyaf in the Bohol attack
Date April 11, 2017 (Initial clash) April 22, 2017 (subsequent clashes) May 15, 2017 (final clash) Location Inabanga, Bohol, Philippines 10°01′53″N 124°04′03″E / 10.0314°N 124.0674°E / 10.0314; 124.0674 Status Philippine victory; planned kidnapping of foreign tourists foiled
Belligerents
Philippines Armed Forces of the Philippines Philippine National Police	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Sayyaf Maute group Ansar Khalifa Philippines
Commanders and leaders
Rodrigo Duterte Oscar T. Lactao Noli G. Taliño	Muammar Askali † Abu Rami Joselito Melloria † Abu Alih
Units involved
Philippine Army Philippine Navy Philippine Air Force Philippine National Police	Marakat Ansar Battalion (ASG)
Strength
1,000+	11 militants
Casualties and losses
4 killed 2 wounded	11 killed
2 civilians killed, 425–700 individuals evacuated; more than a thousand displaced.[1]

The 2017 Bohol clashes were armed conflicts that took place in April and May 2017 between Philippine security forces and Moro ISIL-affiliated militants led by members of the Abu Sayyaf in Inabanga, Bohol, Philippines. Three Philippine Army soldiers, a policeman, four terrorists and two civilians were killed during the initial firefight. Subsequent firefights between the remaining militants and security forces resulted in the deaths of all the Abu Sayyaf insurgents. A ranking officer of the Philippine National Police linked to Abu Sayyaf attempted to rescue some of the insurgents but was arrested.

The clashes marked the first recorded operation of the Abu Sayyaf group in the Visayas region of the Philippines, far from their strongholds in the Sulu Archipelago.^[2]