Yes and no. It is true that it was Lapu-Lapu's attacking forces that killed Magellan's group but it was never specified nor recorded that the Datu of Mactan personally made the killing blow to Magellan. By all accounts, it was a gang of tribesmen in the heat of battle that finished off the Portuguese Captain. Yes, Magellan was Portuguese but he sailed under the flag of Spain.
"Facts that are not true", The Philippine Star, July 29, 2012, H-11.
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