There is a report that the DNA taken
from a man killed by the SAF members in Mamasapano has been matched to the DNA
of Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan. This information is based from a source in the
Philippine National Police.
Last January 25, the SAF members
made an operation which they called as Operation Wolverine. The purpose of the
operation is to capture Marwan and Basit Usman, both members of terrorist group
Jameah Islamiyah. But Usman was allegedly escaped while Marwan left in the area
and fall in the hands of the SAF members.
The SAF commander Napenas claimed
that they already killed Marwan when they attacked him on his safety house. But
the troop didn’t get the dead body of the man whom they believed as Marwan.
Instead, a member of SAF cut off the right index finger of the man to serve it
as a DNA sample. The finger had been sent to the FBI to know if that is from
Marwan.
As of now, the FBI has no
confirmation about the report to prove that Marwan was already dead. The public
is hoping that the report is true. Hence, the death of fallen 44 members of SAF
will not put in vain.
On the other hand, the MNLF doesn’t
believe that Marwan is already dead. While the MILF believed that Marwan is
already lose in the battle, but the man that the SAF had been killed was not
Marwan. Marwan’s cadaver was handled by the members of the BIFF.
In 2012, the AFP also conducted an
operation that they killed Marwan. But
later on, they retracted their claim after they found out that the expert
bomber is still alive.