List of massacres in the Philippines

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Talipao Massacre	July 28, 2014	Talipao, Sulu	21	Armed men opened fire at a convoy of civilians who were travelling to a feast to mark the end of Ramadan.[1]
Pampanga Massacre	September 21, 2013	Angeles City, Pampanga	7	Edejer, a bangus (milkfish) trader, sustained a gunshot wound in the head during the killings that claimed the life of his wife Corazon, son Kenneth, nephew Nelson Dominico, housemaids Teresita Lansangan and Kaykay, and Benigno Villanueva.[2]
Atimonan massacre	January 6, 2013	Atimonan, Quezon	13	Thirteen people were killed in a mass murder, authorities said to be an alleged shootout conducted by Philippine National Police.
Kawit massacre	January 4, 2013	Tabon 1, Kawit, Cavite	8 (including the perpetrator)	A 30-minute shooting rampage occurred when a drunk man named Ronald Baquiran Bae killed at least 7 people and a dog and wounded 12 other people with a semiautomatic pistol, before he was shot and killed by police. Another man, John Paul Lopez, was later arrested for assisting the gunman during the shooting by reloading his pistol magazine. The motive of the suspect is still unclear.
Maguindanao massacre	November 23, 2009	Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines	58
RCBC Cabuyao massacre	May 16, 2008	Cabuyao City, Laguna	10	All Bank Employee's Shots dead in the Head; Roberto P. Castro (Branch Manager); Ferdinand Antonio (Client), flounders Olga R. Gonzales (Bank Teller), Maria Theresa Umayam (New Accounts Officer) and Juan Leyva (Messenger); around the Back Benjamin Nicdao Jr. (Bank Teller); in Vault Room; Noel O. Miranda (Operations Assistant) and Bernardo C. Lapaan Jr. (Cashier Service Head); at Generator Room located behind Baltazar Aguilando (Security Guard); Marketing Manager Isagani C. Pastor was caught alive and rushed at St. James Hospital in Santa Rosa, Laguna the Bloodied Hold-up
Calbayog massacre	June 2, 2007	Gadgaran, Calbayog City, Samar	10	Danilo "Danny" Guades hacked to death 10 people with a bolo and injured 17 more on a drunk rampage through his neighbourhood at early morning.
Palo Massacre	November 21, 2005	Barangay San Agustin, Palo, Leyte	7	Claimed to be a legitimate operation by the military, the “gunfight” between the soldiers and alleged armed groups lasted for about 45 minutes at dawn. Resulted to the death of 7 peasants, including a seven-months-old-pregnant woman, 11 were wounded, 8 were arrested but only 6 were detained, and 2 were still missing.[3][4]
Luisita massacre	November 16, 2004	Hacienda Luisita	7[5]
Zamboanga City massacre[6]	December 19, 2002	San Roque, Zamboanga City	7	A wealthy family of four and three household employees were found murdered in the family's home. Businesswoman Juliet Tan, her three children and three household staff were found dead at their house. Two of the suspects; Rudy Botane, the slain businesswoman's stay-in helper, and Jonas Buenaventura; were arrested in a safehouse the same day.[6]
Rivilla family massacre	December 17, 2000	24th Aguinaldo Street, Bacolod City	8	Killer, Bernon Gallo, was sentenced in prison for the murder of 6 Rivilla family members and their 2 housemaids.[7][8]
Sara massacre	August 12, 1998	Barangay Bacabac, Sara, Iloilo	10	Travelers, including a United States Peace Corps volunteer, were shot dead. On May 19, 2000, suspects, two Bragas cousins, were sentenced in prison, while another accused Ernesto Brito, sentenced to death despite denial in his involvement in the carnage.[9]
Buhi massacre	December 28, 1995	Sitio Bogtong, Barangay Gabas, Buhi, Camarines Sur	13	Vendetta was a motive on a crime. On October 28, 1995, Cristito Nieva, Jr. was hacked to death over land dispute. As a revenge, thirteen were massacred, three of them were beheaded, others were shot dead. Involved were a chief inspector, a police chief, 5 others (one, Ramon Madrideo, turned as state witness; they were arrested on January 10, 1996[10]), and 4 from the Nievas.[11] A case was considered solved upon the arrest of remaining 3 of 13 suspects in the murder of Nieva on August 1996.[12]
Ipil massacre	April 3, 1995	Ipil, Zamboanga del Sur (now part of Zamboanga Sibugay)	53	Approximately 200 heavily armed militants of the Abu Sayyaf fired upon residents, strafed civilian homes, plundered banks, took up to 30 hostages and then burned the centre of the town to the ground.[13][14] With more than 48 injuries.
Massacre in villages	December 13, 1992	Zamboanga del Sur	40	About 20 to 30 armed Muslims entered three villages: Alto Gulod, Lunot, Saguran. Villagers were lined up, stabbed and shot. Many were wounded.[15][16][17][18]
Digos massacre	November 23, 1989	Digos, Davao Del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines	39[19]	Including women and children.
1989 Davao hostage crisis	August 13-15, 1989	Davao City	21	A hostage-taking incident, army jail detainees took as hostages 15 Joyous Assembly of God members; 5 Christian Pentecostals and 16 detainees, also hostages, were killed.[20]
Rano massacre	June 25 1989	Binaton, Digos City, Davao del Sur	41	Thirty-nine victims were members of the United Church of Christ congregation, killed in church. Two New People's Army rebels also killed in an encounter. At least eight others were wounded.[21]
Cawa-Cawa Siege (1989 Zamboanga City massacre)	January 5, 1989	Camp Cawa-Cawa, Zamboanga City	14[22]	Camp Cawa-Cawa was raided by Muslim rebels (led by Malaysian Rizal Alih) and others, but fell to the government armed forces led by Gen. Eduardo Batallia and Col. Romeo Abendan of the Philippine Constabulary against them. A siege left 14 people dead, including a military general and a colonel.[22]
Massacre in Bagtik	November 22, 1988	Bagtik, San Remigio, Cebu	17	Gunmen wearing fatigues arrived in an isolated mountain area, and for 10 minutes, sprayed automatic gunfire around the chapel and a adjacent residence, while villagers gathered for evening prayers. Victims including 4 children and 2 elderly women. At least 12 were wounded.[23][24]
Massacre in Midsalip	November 22, 1988	Midsalip, Zamboanga del Sur	9	Machete ang knife-wielding assailants hacked to death a sleeping family, including a farmer, his wife and 7 children, in their home. Two were survived.[23]
Lupao massacre	February 10, 1987	Sitio Padlao, Namulandayan, Lupao, Nueva Ecija	17[25]	Civilians, which were suspected members of the New People's Army by the military, were reported killed by Army soldiers in the town near the foot of the Caraballo mountain range. It is claimed that soldiers burned and looted their homes after a running gun battle with communist rebels, leading to the death of young Army Lt. Edgar Dizon and the wounding of his radioman.[25] The carnage, which also wounded 8,[26][27] remains unresolved.[25][28][29][30][31]
Mendiola massacre (Black Thursday)	January 22, 1987	Mendiola Street, San Miguel, Manila	13	74 injured
Inopacan massacre	1985[32]	Mt. Sapang Dako, Baranggay Culisihan, Inopacan, Leyte[33][34][35]	67	Their skeletal remains were discovered and exhumed by authorities in a mass grave site on August 28, 2006.[32][33][34][35][36]
Escalante massacre	September 20, 1985	Escalante City, Negros Occidental	20	30 injured
Massacre in Sinasa village (mass suicide)	September 9, 1985	Sinasa village, Davao City	68	A religious leader Mangayanon Butaog fed poisoned food to his 69 followers in a remote mountain village, and he then plunged a knife in his belly. Five were survived.[37]
Pata Island massacre	February 12, 1981	Pata, Sulu, Mindanao, Philippines	119-124	Soldiers were killed by those whom they considered allies. After a couple of days in Pata Island, the Headquarters Service Company of the Philippine Army’s 31st Infantry Battalion were about to leave the island when a group of MNLF rebels and erstwhile ally Unad Masillam, a commander of the Civilian Home Defense Force (CHDF) surrounded them and opened fire resulting to the death of 119 (124 in other reports[38][39][40]) soldiers, including 6 officers.
Massacre in Bongao Island	April 1980	Bongao Island, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi	29	Philippine marines massacred them during a guerilla war. Motive unknown.[41]
Patikul massacre	October 10, 1977	Patikul, Sulu, Mindanao, Philippines	35	35 unarmed officers, including Brig. Gen. Teodulfo Bautista, commanding general of the 1st Infantry "Tabak" Division of the Philippine Army, were tricked into attending a "peace dialogue" with a group of MNLF rebels led by Usman Sali in Patikul, Sulu. They were ambushed and killed.
Massacre in Bingcul village	1977	Bingcul village, somewhere in Mindanao	42	Government militiamen massacred Muslim villagers and burned down their homes. Four were survived.[42]
Massacre in Wao	August 8, 1975	Wao, Lanao del Sur	32	Muslim rebels ambushed a truck carrying 34 civilians, killed one, tied the rest together and taken to a village in Bukidnon, where they were gunned down. Two were survived.[43]
Tacbil Mosque massacre	September 24, 1974	Malisbong, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat	At least 1000[44]
Massacre in Zamboanga City	September 5, 1974	Zamboanga City	28	Five raiders described as Christians, armed with bolo knives and automatic rifles, raided an upland settlement and killed Muslims.[45]
Manili massacre	June 19, 1971	Manili, Carmen, North Cotabato	65-79	Including women and children. The Ilaga militant group was suspected to be behind the attacks but there were also allegations that the Philippine Constabulary were also behind the incident and collaborated with the Ilaga
Lapiang Malaya Massacre	May 21, 1967	Taft Avenue, Pasay	33	Armed with bolos and wearing amulets, they were shot by the Philippine Constabulary, armed with M-16s, in their way to Malacañang Palace, leaving at least 33 dead and 47 wounded,[46][47] while 358 more were arrested and taken by the Constabulary to Camp Crame in Quezon City.[48] Valentin De los Santos, instead of going to jail, was sent to the National Center for Mental Health.
Culatingan massacre[49]	June 13, 1966	Culatingan, Concepcion, Tarlac	7	Farmers in the barrio of Culatingan were shot down. Ninoy Aquino, then secretary-general of the Liberal Party, was actively involved in the investigation and blames the Philippine Constabulary for the murders, marks the first confrontations between Ninoy and President Marcos.[49]
RCA Axe Slaughter (RCA Bldg. Massacre)[50]	August 26, 1963	RCA Bldg., Canonigo St., Paco, Manila	5
Maliwalu Massacre	April 7, 1950 (Good Friday)	Maliwalu, Bacolor, Pampanga	21	The "massacre" of 21 peasants who were seized by temporary policemen on in Maliwalu.[51]
Japanese massacre of the De La Salle Brothers, et al.	February 12, 1945	De La Salle Main Chapel, Taft Avenue, Manila[52]	41 civilians: former students, residents and 16 Christian Brothers[52]	Occurred during the Manila massacres in February 1945. Only 10 people survived including one De La Salle Brother.[53]
Manila massacre	February 3 to March 3,1945	Manila	At least 100,000[52]	Committed by the Imperial Japanese Army, during the World War II Battle of Manila (1945).[52][54]
Palawan massacre	December 14, 1944	Puerto Princesa, Palawan	139	Occurred during World War II; Allied soldiers, imprisoned near the city, were murdered by Japanese soldiers during an air raid. Most of the victims burned alive. Only 11 men escaped the slaughter. Thirty-four Japanese officers and men were accused.[55]
Shinyō Maru massacre	September 7, 1944	off Mindanao, Sulu Sea	668	Occurred in the Pacific theater of World War II. In an attack on a Japanese convoy by the American submarine USS Paddle, 668 Allied prisoners of war were massacred by the Japanese or killed when their ship, the SS Shinyō Maru was sunk. Only 82 Americans survived the ordeal and were later rescued.[56]
Moro Crater massacre (Bud Dajo)	March 10, 1906	Jolo island, Philippines	994	Only seven were captured including three women and four children. While eighteen men escaped from the mountain.[57]
Balangiga massacre	August 12 to September 28, 1901	Balangiga, Eastern Samar	48 American soldiers[58][59]	Some Filipino nationalists claim that the true "Balangiga massacre" was the subsequent American retaliation,[60] which resulted in an unclear number of deaths, with estimations ranging from less than 30 to roughly 50.
Insurgency, 1898	September 1898	Parts of Luzon and Visayas	unknown	Reports from the Luzon and Visayas that the rebellion and insurgencies rise and some officers and families were massacred.[61]
Massacre in Manila, 1820	October 9, 1820	Manila	39	A mob of about 3000 men killed Spanish nationals.[62]

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