Jabidah massacre
| Jabidah massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Corregidor, Cavite, Philippines |
| Date | March 18, 1968 |
| Target | Moro army recruits |
| Deaths | 11–68 trainees |
| Perpetrators | Armed Forces of the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorship |
The Jabidah massacre on March 18, 1968, was the assassinations or executions of Moro army recruits who allegedly mutinied upon learning the true nature of their mission. It is acknowledged as a major flashpoint that ignited the Moro insurgency in the Philippines.
Author Cesar Adib Majul notes that the administration of Ferdinand Marcos had suppressed press coverage of the affair which led to a lack of documentation about the incident and varying accounts of the number of trainees killed, from 11 to 68. This eventually sparked calls for Moro independence and is acknowledged by the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as a key moment in Bangsamoro history.
In 2013, Philippine president Benigno Aquino III, recognized that the massacre had taken place and acknowledged that it had "opened deep wounds" with Muslim Filipinos.