MILITANT ZULKIFLI HIR BELIEVED TO BE ALIVE, BUT WOUNDED

JOHOR BAHARU, June 18 (Bernama) -- Jemaah Islamiyah militant Zulkifli Hir,

who was reportedly killed in an air raid in the Philippines in February, is

believed to alive but seriously wounded.

According to a regional intelligence source, Zulkifli, also known as Marwan,

was being hidden away by the Abu Sayyaf separatist group on the island of Jolo

under tight security.

He said the Abu Sayyaf group moved Zulkifli, who was from Johor, from one

place to another to avoid being detected by the Philippine and the United

States'' armies.

-- BERNAMA

MHI SHY MB

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