Abdullah Maute
Philippine Moro militant (1968–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abdullah Maute (died August 7, 2017) was a Filipino Islamist militant who co-founded, along with his brother Omar Maute, a Dawlah Islamiyah (Islamic state) group in Mindanao, Philippines commonly known as the Wahhabi based Maute group after their surname.[2]
Abdullah Maute | |
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Born | |
Died | August 7, 2017 |
Nationality | Filipino |
Years active | 2013–2017 |
Known for | Co-founding the Maute group |
On September 4, 2017, the Philippine military announced that Maute had been killed in an airstrike in August 7, 2017, during the Battle of Marawi. They cited ISIL sympathizers proclaiming his death as an act of martyrdom on the social media platform Telegram. He was referred to as "Sheik Al Miyahad Abu Al Hassan", an alias he was known to have used within the ISIL network.[3] AFP Western Mindanao Command chief Carlito Galvez Jr. confirmed deaths of all seven Maute brothers in December 2017.[1]