2016 Butig clashes

February 2016 Butig clash
Part of the Moro conflict
DateFebruary 20 – March 1, 2016
Location
Butig, Lanao del Sur, Philippines
7°41′45″N 124°17′52″E / 7.6957°N 124.2977°E / 7.6957; 124.2977
Status Decisive Philippine victory[1]
Belligerents
Philippines Philippines

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Commanders and leaders
Roseller Murillo
Gerrardo Barrientos Jr.
Philippines Ibrahim Macadato		 Omar Maute
Abdullah Maute
Units involved

Armed Forces of the Philippines

Unknown
Strength
≈2,000 soldiers 60+ militants
Casualties and losses
5 killed
7 wounded[2]		 55 killed[3]
30,000+ displaced[4]

The 2016 Butig clashes were armed conflicts that began on February 20, 2016, between the Philippine Army and a group of Moro insurgent sympathizers of ISIS and Jemaah Islamiyah led by the Maute group in Butig, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. Three Philippine Army soldiers were killed in action, 11 wounded, and 20 terrorists killed in the early phase of battle. 335 families fled to Marawi City and 657 families took refuge in Masiu.[5][6]

  1. ^ Army hoist PH flag in Butig after 10-day firefight
  2. ^ "5 soldiers killed, 7 injured in Lanao clashes". Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "MILF using clashes to push draft law". Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  4. ^ Gomez, Jim (March 1, 2016). "Philippine assault seizes terrorist lair, kills 24 militants". The San Diego Tribune.
  5. ^ Romero, Alexis (February 26, 2016). "3 soldiers killed, 11 hurt in Lanao del Sur clash". The Philippine Star. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  6. ^ Umel, Richel. "Army reports killing 20 'terrorists' in clashes with Lanao Sur armed group". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 27, 2016.