MANILA: The Philippine National Police insisted Sunday that commandos from its Special Action Force (SAF) killed Zulkifli Hir alias “Marwan” in a raid on the Malaysian terrorist’s lair in Mamasapano, Maguindanao province, in January.
Several PNP officials disputed the findings of a Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) investigative team that Marwan, for whose capture dead or alive the US government had offered a reward of US$5mil (RM21mil), was most likely executed by his own aides.
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