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Mamasapano clash

Mamasapano clash
Part of the Moro conflict and the War on Terror

Map of Mamasapano, Maguindanao
DateJanuary 25, 2015 (2015-01-25)
Location
Tukanalipao, Mamasapano
Maguindanao (now Maguindanao del Sur), Philippines
Result

Operational Philippine government victory

Belligerents

 Philippines

 United States (intelligence,[2] alleged ground troop support)[3]
Armed Forces of the Philippines

Federal Bureau of Investigation (allegedly)		 Jemaah Islamiyah–linked militants
Moro Islamic Liberation Front[5]
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
Private militias (allegedly)[6]
Commanders and leaders
Philippines Benigno Aquino III
Philippines Paquito Ochoa Jr.[7][8][9]
Philippines Alan Purisima[8][9]
Philippines Getulio Napeñas

Philippines Rustico O. Guerrero
Philippines Edmundo Pangilinan		 Zulkifli Abdhir  †
Abdul Basit Usman
Amin Bacu[10]
Ustadz Zacaria Guma[11]
Ameril Umbra Kato[12]
Bahnarin Ampatuan (allegedly)[13]
Units involved
SAF: 9 units[14]
  • 1st and 4th Special Action Battalion (SAB)
    • 84th Special Action Company (Seaborne)
    • 41st 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 45th, and 55th Special Action Companies (SAC)
  • Intelligence, Surveillance, Target, Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) unit
  • Light Armor Unit (LAU)
  • Command Group and Service Support
2 bomb experts
108 and 105 Base Command[15]
BIFF 1st Brigade[1]
Strength
  • 84SAC (Seaborne): 38
  • 41SAC: 44
  • 42SAC: 45
  • 43SAC: 42
  • 44SAC: 43
  • 45SAC: 44
  • 55SAC: 36
  • ISTAR: 13
  • 1SAB: 44
  • 4SAB: 14
  • LAU: 10
  • Command/Service Support: 19
Undetermined
Casualties and losses

SAF: 44 total[14]

  • 84SAC (Seaborne): 9 killed and 14 wounded
  • 55SAC: 35 killed and the company eradicated with only 1 survivor
 Zulkifli Abdhir
MILF and BIFF: 17 or 18
Civilian casualties:
5 killed[17]
Operation Exodus
Oplan Exodus[9][18][19]
Part of the Moro conflict
Location
Maguindanao, Philippines
PlannedAs early as 2014[20]
Planned byAlan Purisima and Getulio Napeñas of the Philippine National Police – Special Action Force[9][18]
Federal Bureau of Investigation (allegedly)
TargetFour nipa huts were searched to arrest Zulkifli Abdhir and Abdul Basit Usman
Date03:00[9] – (PST)
Executed byPhilippine National Police – Special Action Force
United States Army Special Forces (allegedly)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (allegedly)
Zulkifli Abdhir killed

The Mamasapano clash was a shootout that took place during a police operation by the Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on January 25, 2015, in Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, then-undivided Maguindanao (which is now Maguindanao del Sur). The operation, codenamed Oplan Exodus, was intended to capture or kill wanted Malaysian terrorist and bomb-maker Zulkifli Abdhir and other Malaysian terrorists or high-ranking members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

Originally a mission to serve arrest warrants for high-ranking terrorists, it led to the deaths of 44 members of the SAF, 17 or 18 from the MILF and BIFF, five civilians, and the death of Abdhir confirmed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the PNP at 6:30 p.m. on February 4, 2015, through a matching DNA result. Abdhir was one of FBI's most wanted terrorists. Getulio Napeñas, the relieved SAF commander, estimates about 250 deaths from his assumption that each SAF sniper may have taken down at least 20 opponents from the combined MILF, BIFF, and private militias during the encounter although this was not confirmed and was met with skepticism; aside from the fact that there was no body count, there is no acceptable level of evidence to prove his claim.[21][22][23] Napenas' estimate was also debunked by the MILF and by the local government of Mamasapano.[24][25][26]

The mission itself was declared successful once the target was neutralized. The severity of the policemen's situation prompted the government peace panel to intervene and request a ceasefire from the MILF. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) also conducted a rescue operation to save the remaining 29 SAF survivors who were encircled by the enemies.[27][28]

The operation caught the attention of the public for the relatively high number of police officers killed. The mission was called Oplan Exodus, initially misattributed as Oplan Wolverine by the local media. Oplan Wolverine refers to three of the other nine prior operation attempts targeting Marwan; Oplan Wolverine 1, 2, and 3 launched in December 2012, March and May 2014, respectively,[19][29] by the PNP-SAF. The incident caused the Congress of the Philippines to halt the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law, effectively endangering the peace process between the government and the MILF.

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