THE Filipino doctor who was charged in the US for allegedly financing a foiled Islamic State (IS) plot to bomb the New York Times Square and subway system is not related to former Marawi City mayor Omar Solitario Salic, Armed Forces Chief Eduardo Año said on Sunday.

Año said Russel Langi Salic, the orthopedic surgeon from Cagayan de Oro City, has not been monitored to be providing local support for the IS-linked Maute terrorists that laid siege to Marawi City, Lanao del Sur.

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