Malaysia to help Philippines identify dead militants
- Published: 10/02/2012 at 08:32 PM
- Online news: Asia
The Philippine military said Friday Malaysia would send forensics experts in an effort to obtain proof that Filipino forces had killed three of Southeast Asia's most-wanted terror suspects.
Philippine soldiers patrol the southern island of Jolo in 2007. The Philippine military has said Malaysia will send forensics experts in an effort to obtain proof that Filipino forces had killed three of Southeast Asia's most-wanted terror suspects.
The military said its US-backed airstrikes last week on a remote southern island killed three senior leaders from the Al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Abu Sayyaf networks, as well as 12 junior figures.
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