COTABATO CITY -- The founding chair of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) is dead, rebel leaders and local officials today confirmed.

Uztadz Ameril Umra Kato died at about 2 a.m. Tuesday, said Mohaqher Iqbal, chief negotiator of the MILF. Iqbal could not say where.

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