This file photo reportedly taken by police commandos inside a hut in Barangay (village) Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao, shows the body of Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan. Police reported that armed men torched the hut Tuesday night, Feb. 24, 2015.
WASHINGTON: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that Malaysian Zulkifli Hir @ Marwan, one of its "most wanted terrorists," was killed in a raid in the Philippines in January.
A person familiar with the investigation said the FBI was able to confirm his death in part through DNA analysis of a severed finger that Philippine authorities collected from the gruesome scene of a raid that left Marwan dead.
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