TWENTY members of the Islamic State linked-Maute group were killed in separate clashes with the military, including one believed to be the Malaysian terrorist and Maute financier, military officials said on Thursday.

“We are still in the process of retrieving these cadavers. So until now, we cannot give a categorical answer that Doctor Mahmud was among the fatalities in last night’s encounter,” Col. Romeo Brawner Jr., Task Group Ranao deputy commander, said in a televised press briefing in Marawi City.

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