Malaysian militant — a ‘most wanted’ criminal on the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) list — Zulkifli Hir, is dead.
Reuters reports that the FBI confirmed Zulkifli, otherwise known as Marwan, had died during a raid in Philippines in January. The confirmation was reportedly done through DNA analysis of a severed finger that authorities in Philippines picked up from the raid scene.
A DNA test was done against that of Zulkifli’s sibling and FBI agents found a match.
According to the report, the scene of the raid — which ended a three-year ceasefire — was so gruesome that only finger and not a full body could be retrieved from where 44 Philippine police commandos clashed with Muslim rebels.
