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Isnilon Hapilon

Isnilon Hapilon


Isnilon Totoni Hapilon (March 10, 1968 – October 16, 2017), also known by the nom de guerreAbu Abdullah al-Filipini, was a Filipino Islamist militant affiliated with IS. He was formerly leader of Abu Sayyaf Group, before its battalions pledged their allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. An April 2016 issue of IS's weekly newsletter Al-Naba said that Hapilon had been appointed as "emir of all Islamic State forces in the Philippines".

In the early morning of October 16, 2017, he was killed by the Philippine Army in the Battle of Marawi, along with Omar Maute.