February 2016 Butig clash

February 2016 Butig clash
Part of the Moro conflict
Date 20 February 2016 Location Butig, Lanao del Sur, Philippines 7°41′45″N 124°17′52″E / 7.6957°N 124.2977°E / 7.6957; 124.2977Coordinates: 7°41′45″N 124°17′52″E / 7.6957°N 124.2977°E / 7.6957; 124.2977 Status Decisive Philippine victory
Belligerents
Philippines Armed Forces of the Philippines	Maute group
Commanders and leaders
Col. Roseller Murillo Gen. Gerrardo Barrientos Jr. Ibrahim Macadato	Omar Maute (KIA) Abdullah Maute
Units involved
Philippine Army 51st Infantry Battalion 103rd Infantry Brigade 1st Infantry Division	unknown
Casualties and losses
6 killed, 7 wounded	61 killed

Philippines

Philippine Army

February 2016 Butig clash was an armed conflict that began on 20 February 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.

The Butig clashes began when a supposed "foreign and local terrorist organization" (FLTO), led by the Maute brothers, harassed the 51st Infantry Battalion, which had been manning a patrol base in Barangay Bayabao on February 20, 2016.Armored personnel carriers and troops were sent to Butig, while the military used two 520MG Defender helicopters to track down the armed men and conducted air strikes against them.

A lull in the fighting occurred that evening, but resumed at dawn the next. According to Armed Forces of the Philippines sources, the skirmishes between Army forces and the Maute group turned into a full blown military offensive with troops using artillery, gunships, and armored personnel carriers against the terrorists.

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