A screen grab of Hapilon taken from a video uploaded online by the Philippine National Police and the US Rewards for Justice Programme.
MANILA: The top commander of the Islamic State (IS) terror group in South-East Asia has been gravely wounded in air strikes by security forces hunting him in the southern Philippines, the Philippine military said Sunday.
General Eduardo Ano told reporters that Isnilon Hapilon, chief of the Abu Sayyaf militant group, needed a blood transfusion.
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