Camp Cawa-Cawa siege
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The Camp Cawa-Cawa siege (Filipino: Pagkubkob sa Kampo Cawa-Cawa, Cebuano: Paglikos sa Kampo Cawa-Cawa, Chavacano: Sitio de Campo Cawa-Cawa, Tausug: Gubat ha Kampu Kawa-Kawa) was a siege of a Philippine Constabulary-Integrated National Police camp by security forces of the Philippines on January 3–5, 1989, after a rogue policeman took the camp's ranking officer hostage.
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Date | 3 – 5 January 1989[1][2] | ||
Location | Camp Cawa-Cawa, Zamboanga City, Philippines 6°55′17.4″N 122°4′44.4″E | ||
Caused by | Hostage-taking of a police general and his aide by a renegade policeman | ||
Goals | Philippine security forces attempted to end ensuing siege. | ||
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