Former UM lecturer to take over militant leadership if incumbent is killed


KOTA KINABALU: Malaysian lecturer-turned-militant Dr Mahmud Ahmad (pic) could soon be the leader of the Islamic State’s (IS) offshoot in the southern Philippines Marawi City.

He is believed to be holed up in the city where the army is battling the Maute group, which has seen 44 people, including two Malaysians, killed.

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