Ameril Umbra Kato. -AFP filepic
MANILA: A Muslim separatist rebel leader who sacked a string of southern Philippine towns in 2008, leaving about 400 dead and more than half a million homeless, is dead, the military said Wednesday.
Ameril Umbra Kato formed the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and led the rampage after splitting from the nation’s main rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), in anger over a planned peace deal.
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