COTABATO CITY—Peace advocates held a caravan on Thursday (March 18) to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Jabidah massacre on Corregidor island which triggered a Moro rebellion that erupted into a secessionist war that started in 1972.
The Jabidah massacre referred to the mass killing on March 18, 1968 of Moro recruits in training in Corregidor to infiltrate Sabah under a secret plan given the code name Jabidah. The Moro trainees were killed by Philippine government soldiers after they mutinied upon learning of the real purpose of their training. Accounts varied on the number of dead in the massacre from as few as 11 to as many as 68.
The day was also observed as Bangsamoro Fr…
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