2016 Butig clashes

BelligerentsPhilippines

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

• Maute group

Commanders and leaders Roseller Murillo
Gerrardo Barrientos Jr.
Ibrahim MacadatoOmar Maute
Abdullah MauteUnits involved

Armed Forces of the Philippines

• Philippine Army
  • 1st Infantry Division
    • 103rd Infantry Brigade
    • 51st Infantry Battalion

UnknownStrength ≈2,000 soldiers 60+ militantsCasualties and losses 5 killed
7 wounded 55 killed
(Philippine army estimate) 30,000+ displaced

The 2016 Butig clashes were armed conflicts that began on February 20, 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.