The Philippine military is now checking the reported death of Malaysian terrorist Dr. Mahmud Ahmad during an encounter on October 18.
Mahmud Ahmad was perceived as the possible replacement of terrorist leader Isnilon Hapilon.
“Dahil hindi pa po natin nakukuha [ang bangkay], nakakapasok sa kinaroroonan ng mga kalaban, hindi pa po natin makumpirma ito 100 percent,” Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Major General Restituto Padilla said over radio DZMM.
“Pero tumataas po ang porsyento at nagiging kampante po kami, increasingly confident na ito na nga po iyun,” he added.
Padilla earlier said that Dr. Mahmud is an academic and not a fighter and his experience in fighting is not as extensive as anyone like Hapilon or the Maute brothers.
“Hence his ability to tactically lead the fight is not there essentially and so we don’t see this as a problem,” Padilla noted.
https://www.update.ph/2017/10/military-checking-reported-death-of-malaysian-replacement-of-hapilon/21920
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