List of massacres in the Philippines

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Maguindanao massacre November 23, 2009 Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines 58
Luisita massacre November 16, 2004 Hacienda Luisita 7[1]
Vizconde massacre June 30, 1991 Parañaque 3
Mendiola massacre
(Black Thursday)
January 22, 1987 Mendiola Street, San Miguel, Manila 13 74 injured
Escalante massacre September 20, 1985 Escalante City, Negros Occidental 20-30 30 injured
Tacbil Mosque massacre September 24, 1974 Malisbong, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat 1776[2]
Jabidah massacre March 18, 1968 Corregidor 14-68
Moro Crater massacre March 10, 1906 Jolo island, Philippines 600+
Balangiga massacre August 12, 1901 Balangiga, Eastern Samar 40+ American soldiers According to some nationalist Filipino historians, the true "Balangiga massacre" was the subsequent American retaliation against the Samar population.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Activists commemorate Luisita massacre". abs-cbnNEWS.com. 16 November 2011. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/11/16/11/activists-commemorate-luisita-massacre. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
  2. ^ About the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), January 5, 2011.
  3. ^ *Agoncillo, Teodoro C. (1990). History of the Filipino People (8th ed.). Quezon City: Garotech Publishing. p. 228. ISBN 971-8711-06-6. , "In their desperation, the American soldiers turned arsonists burning whole towns in order to force guerrillas to the open. One such infamous case of extreme barbarity occurred in the town of Balangiga, Samar, in 1901-1902. ..."