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COTABATO, PHILIPPINES - A SENIOR Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant wanted for a deadly 2002 night club bombing in Indonesia is believed to have been killed in the southern Philippines, the military said on Tuesday.
The body of a man thought to be Indonesian bomb expert Dulmatin, one of those behind the Bali bombings, was recovered from a shallow grave in the island of Tawi-tawi, said Major General Ben Dolorfino.
'As of now, we are conducting DNA test to confirm if it is really his body,' said Dolorfino, adding that an informant had led them to the grave.
The US government has offered a US$10 million (S$14.2 million) bounty for Dulmatin, who has been hiding out in the southern Philippines with local militants for most of the past five years.
Dulmatin was reported to have been wounded in a clash with government troops in the south on Jan 31. -- AFP
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