Jaafar Maguid, leader of Ansar al-Khilafa, a group of suspected sympathizers of Islamic State, was killed in a clash with Philippine police after resisting arrest at a beach resort in the country ...

A leader of suspected sympathizers of the Islamic State group was killed Thursday in a clash with Philippine police after resisting arrest at a beach resort in the south, officials said.

Senior Supt. Leonardo Suan and other officials said Mohammad Jaafar Maguid, leader of a small but violent Islamic group called Ansar Al Khilafah Philippines, died in the shootout before dawn in ...

A leader of suspected sympathizers of the Islamic State group was killed Thursday in a clash with Philippine police in the south, raising fears that his brutal group may retaliate by attacking a ...

Mohammad Jaafar Maguid, the figurehead of the extremist Ansarul Khilafa Islamiya Philippines, was killed in an encounter with security forces at a beach resort in Kiamba, Sarangani early yesterday.

Mohammad Jaafar Maguid, leader of a militant group supporting Islamic State, gestures in a remote village at Mindanao province, Philippines in this undated handout picture released by the ...

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A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Roman Catholic devotees on Monday joined an annual procession of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ held under tight security due to fears of a ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A leader of suspected sympathizers of the Islamic State group was killed Thursday in a clash with Philippine police in the south, raising fears that his brutal group ...

Philippine security forces killed the leader of a militant group supporting Islamic State in a clash early on Thursday, the country's police chief said, warning against possible retaliation.