Palimbang massacre

The Malisbong Masjid Massacre, also called the Palimbang Massacre, was the mass murder of Muslim Moros by units of the Philippine Military on September 24, 1974, in the coastal village of Malisbong in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao.[1][2] Accounts compiled by the Moro Women's Center in General Santos City state that 1,500 male Moros aged 11–70 were killed inside a mosque, 3,000 women and children aged 9–60 were detained – with the women being raped – and that 300 houses were razed by the government forces.[1] The massacre occurred two years after Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in September 1972.

Malisbong Massacre
Part of the Moro conflict
Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat
Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat (Philippines)
LocationMalisbong, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines
Coordinates6.3432°N 124.1977°E / 6.3432; 124.1977
DateSeptember 24, 1974 (1974-09-24) [1] (UTC +8)
TargetFilipino Muslims
Attack type
Mass shooting
Deaths1,000[2]–1,500[1]
PerpetratorsPhilippine Army[3]

The massacre started after the first four days on the feast of Ramadan when members of the Philippine Army arrived and captured barangay officials along with 1,000 other Muslims. For more than a month, the military murdered residents of the area. Testimonies show that victims were made to strip and dig their own graves before being killed by gunshot.[4]

Remuneration for victims

In 2011, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front sought compensation for the Moro victims of martial law violence in the wake of the distribution of $7.5 million in compensation for more than 1,000 individuals who filed a class action suit against the Marcoses. The MILF claimed that thousands of Moros were killed in massacres such as what took place in Malisbong, perpetrated by soldiers and state-sponsored paramilitary forces during martial law. These included the Manili massacre, Kauswagan massacre, Tictapul massacre, Patikul massacre and Pata Island massacre.[5]

In 2014, the Philippine government finally recognized 1,500 Moro residents of Malisbong village killed in the massacre as martial law victims. Representatives of the Commission on Human Rights helped facilitate the claims of the survivors and the families of the massacre victims to the Php 10 billion fund set by the government for the indemnification of human rights victims during the martial law regime of Ferdinand Marcos, in keeping with the provisions of Republic Act No. 10368, or the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013.[1]

Forbidden Memory is a film based on the Malisbong massacre directed by Davao-based Maguindanao filmmaker Gutierrez Mangansakan. It won Best Documentary from the three finalists in the 12th Cinema One Originals, the annual film festival sponsored by Cinema One.[6]

References
  1. "1,500 Moro massacre victims during Martial Law honored". Mindanews. September 26, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  2. Santos, Chyna (April 11, 2015). "Violence in Mindanao". The Guidon. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  3. Hilotin, Jay B. (February 5, 2015). "Why 'total war' is a path that leads to nowhere". Gulf News. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  4. "1974 Malisbong Massacre memorialized in "Forbidden Memory" film".
  5. Fernandez, Edwin (March 3, 2011). "MILF seeks compensation for Moro victims of martial law". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  6. "Davao-based director's docu gets Cinema One Originals nod". Mindanao Times. March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
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