2015 Mamasapano clash

A police operation took place on Sunday, January 25, 2015, at Tukanalipao, Mamasapano,
Maguindanao, between theSpecial Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) (allegedly
joined by United States Army Special Forces and the Federal Bureau of Investigation) and
the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Originally a mission to serve arrest warrants for high-ranking terrorists, it led to the deaths of 44
members of SAF, at least 18 from MILF and 5 from the BIFF, and several civilians, and the death
of Zulkifli Abdhir confirmed by the FBI and the PNP at 6:30 p.m. of February 4, 2015 due to a matching
DNA result. He was one of the wanted terrorists. Getulio Napeas estimates about 250 casualties from
the combined MILF, BIFF, and private militias during the encounter. [18] The mission was calledOplan
Exodus, initially misattributed as Oplan Wolverine by the local media. Oplan Wolverine refers to three
of the other nine prior operation attempts targeting Marwan; Oplan Wolverine 1, 2 and 3 launched in
December 2012, March and May 2014 respectively.[21][23] by the PNP-SAF. The incident caused
the Philippine Congress to halt the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law, effectively endangering
the peace process between the government and the MILF. The Federal Bureau of Investigation later
participated in identifying Zulkifli's body.