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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