2. The Jabidah Massacre a.k.a
Corregidor Massacre refers
To an incident on March 18,
1968 in which members of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines are said to
have massacred a member of Moro
Muslim recruits who were escaping
their covert training to reclaim Sabah.
3. With the number of victims
ranging from 68, and some
sources asserting that the
massacre is a myth.
4. The Jabidah massacre is mildy
regarded having been the
catalyst behind the Modern
Moro insurgencies in the
Southern Philippines.
5. Jibin Arula is the alleged sole
survivor of the massacre. He was
wounded on the left knee,
managed to attach himself to the
driftwood long enough to be
rescued by the fishermen from the
nearby province of Cavite.
6. There has never been an
official count, and different
sources number the victims
from 11 to about 200.
7. Though it has been argued that the
Jabidah Massacre was a myth,
feelings about it in the Muslim
community led to the crystallization of
Moro discontent and the subsequent
formation of the Moro National
Liberation Front and later known as
Moro Islamic Liberation Front
