Dawlah Islamiya’s top leader killed in MaguindanaoCAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao — Soldiers killed the top leader in mainland Mindanao of the feared Dawlah Islamiya and his wife in a brief encounter in nearby Talayan town before dawn Friday. The slain Jehana was the finance officer of the Dawlah Islamiya, according to local leaders and sources from the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. “Credit for the neutralization of Hassan also has to go to vigilant residents of Talayan,” Uy said. Hassan organized in late 2016 the Dawlah Islamiya, which is using the flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria as its banner. The Dawlah Islamiya was also implicated in the bombing in late 2018 of a shopping mall in Cotabato City

Source: Philippine Star October 30, 2021 01:51 UTC