Terror chief killed in Philippines

South-east Asia’s most-wanted terrorist and two other senior militants were killed today in a US-backed air strike in the Philippines, military chiefs said.

Filipino troops did not immediately recover bodies after the dawn strike on a militant stronghold on a southern island, but military spokesman Colonel Marcelo Burgos said the dead included Malaysian Zulkifi bin Hir, also known as Marwan, a top leader of the regional, al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror network.