An intercepted communication from the wife of the late Abu Sayyaf Group founder Khadaffy Janjalani is one of the reported "assets" the Philippine government has to confirm that terrorist bomb maker and trainor Zulkifli Bin Hir alias Marwan is dead.
The PNP SAF assault team had wanted to capture Marwan alive when they raided his hideout in Mamapasano, Maguindanao last January 25. 2015.
The PNP SAF commandos, however, were forced to kill him when he grabbed a gun and opened fire on them.
An after-action report prepared by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, a copy of which was shown to News5, stated that instead of giving up peacefully, Marwan "resisted and engaged" the PNP SAF in a shootout "that resulted in his death."
The after-action report confirmed earlier information that the PNP SAF were going to bring Marwan's body with them, but the initial volley of gunfire had caught the attention of people in the area.
Forced to make a hasty exit and unable to bring Marwan's body along, the PNP SAF took photos and DNA samples - cutting off a finger, according to reports.
Another government intelligence asset claimed that Marwan's body was reportedly buried in a nearby barangay that is said to be under the control of a certain Ali Tambako, who is linked to the Justice for Islam Movement
Janjalani wife tells kin: Marwan is dead
A third government intelligence asset disclosed that hours after the operation, Joromee Dongon, wife of the late Abu Sayyaf Group founder Khadafy Janjalani, called up her relatives to tell tham that Marwan was killed in his Maguindanao safe house.
At the time of the raid, Marwan had two bodyguards with him, one of them a Malaysian. Both bodyguards were wounded during the firefight and fled.
The after-action report described the SAF mission as a law enforcement operation, and said intelligence agencies have been tracking Marwan as far back as October 2013. The latest intelligence report placed his location in Barangay Pidsandawon, Mamasapano in Maguindanao. Based on this information, according to the after-action report, a complete intelligence package was drawn up to support the operation.
The complete intelligence package is widely believed to include local assets on the grounds, electronic intelligence and surveillance.
A Kidapawan City Regional Trial Court had issued an arrest warrant for Marwan in 2007 for murder, multiple frustrated murder and multiple attempted murder in connection with several bombing incidents in Mindanao.
In 2003 the US government placed Marwan on a terrorist watchlist.
After news of the deaths of 44 SAF men in the Jan. 25 mission in Mamasapano broke, President Aquino pointed out that the elite police unit was doing its duty to enforce a judicial order to arrest Marwan and Usman, for whom warrants were outstanding from local courts.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/104091/marwan-is-dead---abu-sayyaf-leader-janjalanis-wife
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