Malaysian: Most Wanted - Mahmud Ahmad killed In Marawi City.
Mahmud Ahmad - most wanted, was among 20 militants killed Wednesday / Thursday in the Philippine military’s offensive in Marawi City, officials said.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed the death of Ahmad, 39, an alleged financer of Maute militants.
Ahmad’s reported killing comes four days after the deaths of Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute.
Ahmad was immediately buried Wednesday night. “We’ll look for the cadaver,” Ano one of the rescued hostages revealed told the AFP chief.
Hapilon was Daesh’s designated leader for Southeast Asia, and was regarded by the US as one of the world’s most dangerous terrorists.
Omar and his brother Abdullah formed the Maute group, which attacked and has held parts of Marawi City since May 23. Ahmad had been touted as Hapilon’s potential successor as Daesh’s emir in Southeast Asia.
Ahmad, who also went by the name Abu Handzalah, was a former university lecturer in Kuala Lumpur.
He was reportedly trained in an Al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan under Osama bin Laden in the 1990s, when he was a student at the Islamic International University in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Ahmad is suspected of channeling more than 30 million Philippine pesos from Daesh to fund the Marawi siege.
He was believed to be hiding in a building inside the main battle zone after the deaths of Hapilon and Omar.
Mahmud Ahmad - most wanted, was among 20 militants killed Wednesday / Thursday in the Philippine military’s offensive in Marawi City, officials said.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed the death of Ahmad, 39, an alleged financer of Maute militants.
Ahmad’s reported killing comes four days after the deaths of Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute.
Ahmad was immediately buried Wednesday night. “We’ll look for the cadaver,” Ano one of the rescued hostages revealed told the AFP chief.
Hapilon was Daesh’s designated leader for Southeast Asia, and was regarded by the US as one of the world’s most dangerous terrorists.
Omar and his brother Abdullah formed the Maute group, which attacked and has held parts of Marawi City since May 23. Ahmad had been touted as Hapilon’s potential successor as Daesh’s emir in Southeast Asia.
Ahmad, who also went by the name Abu Handzalah, was a former university lecturer in Kuala Lumpur.
He was reportedly trained in an Al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan under Osama bin Laden in the 1990s, when he was a student at the Islamic International University in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Ahmad is suspected of channeling more than 30 million Philippine pesos from Daesh to fund the Marawi siege.
He was believed to be hiding in a building inside the main battle zone after the deaths of Hapilon and Omar.
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