ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH Caskets of slain members of the Special Action Force (SAF) who were killed in Sunday's clash with Muslim rebels are seen during a service inside a police headquarters in Taguig city, south of Manila January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI had no prior knowledge of a police raid in the Philippines last Sunday to arrest wanted militants that went awry and left more than 50 police dead, an FBI spokesman told Reuters on Saturday.
Philippine media had reported that the FBI helped orchestrate the raid, which targeted Zulkifli bin Hir, an Islamic militant on the U.S. law enforcement agency's list of "most-wanted terrorists."
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