RJ Nichole Ledesma

The Toboso encounter of April 19, 2026, also referred to as the Toboso killings, Toboso clash, the Toboso incident, or in some accounts, the Toboso massacre, was an armed confrontation between the 79th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army and the Northern Negros Front of the New People's Army in Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental, which resulted in the death of 10 members of the NPA and nine presumed civilians, who are collectively referred to as the "Toboso 19".