MANILA – Abdul Basit Usman, the Philippine terror suspect whom the military blames for bombings in the nation’s south, was killed in a shootout Sunday, the military said.
Usman, who is on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s most-wanted terrorists list with a $1 million bounty, died in a clash with his own men in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao, military chief General Pio Catapang said in an emailed statement on Monday, citing reports.
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