COTABATO, Philippines—Philippine forces on Friday killed one of the country’s most-wanted Muslim terrorist leaders and his wife who were aligned with the ISIS terrorist group and were blamed for deadly bombings, killings, and extortion in the south for more than a decade, the military said. Army and police forces raided a hideout of the terrorist group Daulah Islamiya in a remote area of Talayan town in Maguindanao province and killed its leader, Salahuddin Hassan, and his wife in a 30-minute gunbattle before dawn. More than two dozen other gunmen managed to escape, regional military commander Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy said. Assault rifles, ammunition, and rebel documents were seized by troops at the scene of the battle, Uy said. Hassan and his group were allegedly involved in a number of bombings aimed at extorting money from businesses and transport companies. One of the most prominent attacks was the 2016 bombing of …
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