MARAWI: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday that a Malaysian militant tipped to become the new leader of the Islamic State in South-East Asia had been killed.
Dr Mahmud Ahmad (pic) was described by the Philippine military as a "high value target" who had funded an attack by pro-IS militants on the southern city of Marawi in May and connected local insurgents with extremists in the Middle East.
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