2007 Basilan beheading incident

6°29′51″N 122°7′7″E / 6.49750°N 122.11861°E / 6.49750; 122.11861

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2007 Basilan beheading incident
Part of Islamic insurgency in the Philippines
Date July 10, 2007 – July 11, 2007 Location Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, Philippines 6°29′04″N 122°10′20″E / 6.484496°N 122.172354°E / 6.484496; 122.172354
Belligerents
Philippines Armed Forces of the Philippines Philippine Marine Corps	MILF Suspected Abu Sayyaf
Commanders and leaders
Brigadier General Ramiro Alivio	Various MILF commanders.
Strength
50 marines	About 400 combatants
Casualties and losses
14–23[1] dead (11 beheaded) 9 wounded	20 dead

The 2007 Basilan beheading incident was an armed incident that took place in July 2007 between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels and the Philippine Army. The incident led to the execution of 14 or 23 members of the Philippine Marines; amongst them 11 were beheaded in the province of Basilan, which is located within the southern Philippines.