| Sagay massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of 2017–19 Negros Island killings | |
 Location of Sagay on the island of Negros | |
| Location | Sagay, Negros Occidental, Philippines |
| Date | October 20, 2018 ~9:45 PM (PhST) |
| Target | Sugarcane farmers |
Attack type | Shooting, massacre |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 9 |
No. of participants | 5 or 6 |
| Motive | Land dispute[1] |
| Accused | Former farmers of the land[2] Revolutionary Proletarian Army (New People's Army breakaway group)[3][4][5] |
The Sagay massacre occurred when a group of gunmen shot and killed nine sugarcane farmers, including four women and two children, while they were eating dinner in a makeshift tent on a farm in Sagay, Negros Occidental, on October 20, 2018.[6] The farmers were members of the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW),[7] and the massacre may have been motivated by ongoing conflicts over land reform in the Philippines.[2]
The massacre was part of a series of killings carried out in the Negros provinces against labelled Communists and their sympathizers, and follows the similarly motivated Escalante massacre of 1985.
- ^ "9 farmers shot dead in Negros Occidental". The Manila Times. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Murder of sugarcane workers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental.
- ^ "PNP chief tags NPA in farmers' 'bungkalan' campaign in Sagay". ABS-CBN News.
- ^ "PNP eyes 4 groups in killing of 9 sugar farmers in Sagay". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
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