A top leader of an ISIS, Isnilon Hapilon, who is on the
United States' list of 'Most Wanted Terrorists' has been wounded in military
airstrikes. He has a $5-million bounty on his head from the US government for
his involvement in the 2001 kidnapping of three Americans in the Philippines.
Hapilon has been recognised by IS as its leader in Southeast
Asia and belongs to Abu Sayyaf, a kidnap-for-ransom gang based in the southern
Philippines.
Philipine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Hapilon
was 'seriously wounded' in air strikes on Wednesday in the town of Butig, 500
miles south of Manila.
He said: 'As of Friday, Hapilon is still being carried by
four men in a makeshift stretcher moving northeast of Butig. Troops are in hot
pursuit supported by ground artillery and air support.'
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