A top leader of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, Usop Abeh Salih also known as Kumander Bisaya, was killed by security forces in Maguindanao province on Sunday, GMA News' Jun Veneracion reported.
Jun Veneracion
JUST IN: Sources say military validating reports that Cmdr. Bisaya, one of BIFF top leaders, was killed in an encounter in Maguindanao.
Armed Forces of the Philippines public affairs head Lt. Col. Harold Cabunoc said AFP chief of staff Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. was to hold a press conference at the Villamor Air Base at 6:30 a.m. Monday.
A separate report on dzBB radio meanwhile said Bisaya was among three BIFF commanders killed in Maguindanao on Sunday.
The dzBB report said that Abeh Salih was involved in the January 25 Mamasapano clash, in which 44 Special Action Force police officers were killed.
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