Philippine officials said fugitive Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi was killed in a shoot-out with soldiers; Mindanao residents claim there was no sign of a firefight
Philippine troops killed a bomb-making expert from a Southeast Asian terror network on Sunday, but there was much scepticism yesterday that he may have been executed ahead of a visit by US President George W. Bush.
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said the killing of fugitive Indonesian militant Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi on Sunday after what officials said was a shoot-out in the Mindanao region showed that "terrorists" would never succeed here.
Officials said al-Ghozi, a senior leader of the Jemaah Islamiah group and one of the most wanted men in Asia since escaping from a Manila prison in July, was killed after opening fire on police and troops who stopped the van he was in.
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