On that day, the 44 SAF commandos were part of the team executing Oplan Exodus in a remote village in Mamasapano. The operation aimed to capture two key targets: Zulkifli Abdhir, alias Marwan ...

one of the 44 members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (SAF), 14 of them Cordillerans, who perished in that tragic incident which was aimed at neutralizing Zulkifli bin Hir, also ...

“As we reflect on the heroism of the SAF 44, let us also take a moment to remember ... neutralized Zulkifli Bin Hir, also known as Marwan, a Malaysian bomb maker and leader of the terrorist ...

MANILA, Philippines — Ten years since that tragic day in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, the gallantry and heroism of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) “Fallen 44 ...

Apart from the 44 SAF commandos, the firefight left 18 MILF and five BIFF gunmen dead. The operation, code-named Exodus, neutralized Marwan. In the years after Mamasapano, the government forged a ...