00:00 The Armed Forces of the Philippines confirmed that they were killed by a senior official of the Daula Islamiya Maute Group.
00:09 The AFP announced that they are ready to replace the group led by Patrick De Azuz.
00:16 The Armed Forces of the Philippines believes that the Daula Islamiya Maute Group has completely weakened
00:25 after the government's operations. This is also followed by confirmation that the group's leader, Kadhafi Mimbesa,
00:34 or alias Engineer, and one of the so-called masterminds in bombing Mindanao State University in Marawi City,
00:42 in December of last year.
00:44 The AFP said that Mimbesa was seriously injured in the military operation in Danau del Sur last month,
00:52 where he was killed and wounded while the high caliber of the gun and IEDs were recovered.
00:59 The Daula Islamiya Maute, or the DIMG, is already on the brink of collapse
01:06 following a series of decisive military and joint law enforcement operations,
01:12 particularly against the leadership and perpetrators of the MSU-IED bombing.
01:18 Mimbesa confirmed the death of another suspect, alias Katab, who surrendered to the authorities.
01:25 The AFP believes that the Daula Islamiya Maute Group's leader has a big problem
01:32 with the killing of their senior official.
01:35 They are now in a leadership vacuum.
01:39 At Engineer, who has a good leadership and sympathy with his comrades,
01:42 and at Katab, with a wide network in Lanao del Norte,
01:45 due to the family ties and strong personality, greatly affected the group's ability to operate.
01:52 The authorities are prepared to replace the remaining members of the group,
01:57 but this is already a problem.
01:59 The AFP said that their world is getting smaller and smaller while they are being persecuted.
02:06 What we are conducting is pursuit operations.
02:08 So actually we know that their forces are already dwindling.
02:13 So the possibility that they will regroup is already very slim.
02:19 The members of the MSU-IED group who were killed in the encounter were
02:23 alias Hodie Imam and alias Omar.
02:27 Patrick De Azuz for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
