The 2013 Lahad Datu standoff Hostile_encounter ( also known as the Lahad Datu incursion Attack ) was a military conflict Hostile_encounter that started Process_start on 11 February 2013 and fully ended Process_end on 24 March 2013 .

The 2013 Lahad Datu standoff Hostile_encounter ( also known as the Lahad Datu incursion Attack ) was a military conflict Hostile_encounter that started Process_start on 11 February 2013 and fully ended Process_end on 24 March 2013 .

The conflict Hostile_encounter began Process_start when 235 militants , some of whom were armed Giving , arrived Arriving by boats in Lahad Datu District , Sabah , Malaysia from Simunul island , Tawi-Tawi , in the southern Philippines .

Malaysian security forces surrounded Surrounding the village of Tanduo in Lahad Datu , where the group had gathered Come_together and , after several weeks of negotiations Communication and deadlines for the intruders to withdraw Removing , especially after the killing Killing of Malaysian police members , launched Process_start a major operation Military_operation to flush Emptying out the militants .