2022 Samar boat explosion

2022 Samar boat explosion
	Part of Communist rebellion in the Philippines
Date	August 21, 2022
Location	Waters off Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines11°52′43.3″N 124°41′30.5″E / 11.878694°N 124.691806°E
Result	Deaths of ten Communist rebels; CPP-NPA and Philippine government procided conflicting information regarding the circumstance of the deaths.
Belligerents
New People's Army	Philippines
Commanders and leaders
Benito Tiamzon; Wilma Tiamzon	Edgardo de Leon
Units involved
Central Committee	Philippine Army 8th Infantry Division;
Casualties and losses
	10 killed

In August 2022, a motorboat carrying rebels of the New People's Army exploded in Catbalogan, Samar. The explosion killed the passengers including NPA leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon.

^ "Bangkang sinasakyan umano ng mga NPA, sumabog sa Samar" [Boat with alleged NPA rebels, explodes in Samar]. ABS-CBN News (in Filipino). 22 August 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

[1] "Bangkang sinasakyan umano ng mga NPA, sumabog sa Samar" [Boat with alleged NPA rebels, explodes in Samar]. ABS-CBN News (in Filipino). 22 August 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

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