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ISIS-affiliated leaders killed in Southern Philippines
Two key ISIS-affiliated leaders engaged in a standoff with Philippines forces in the southern city of Marawi have been killed, the country's Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Monday.
Posted — UpdatedBy Joshua Berlinger and Jinky Jorgio (CNN)
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (CNN) — Two key ISIS-affiliated leaders engaged in a standoff with Philippines forces in the southern city of Marawi have been killed, the country's Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Monday.
The two leaders were named as Isnilon Hapilon, who was declared terror group's emir for Southeast Asia, and Omar Maute, a leader of a militant group that pledged allegiance to ISIS.
Hapilon and Maute led the raid on Marawi in May, forcing hundreds of residents to flee and President Rodrigo Duterte to declare martial law across the wider island of Mindanao, of which Marawi is a part.
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