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| KILLED IN ENCOUNTER. Escaped Indonesian terrorist Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi is seen gesturing in this February 27 file photo while being questioned at a prosecutor's office at the Department of Justice. The military says al-Ghozi was killed Sunday in a joint police-military operation. AFP PHOTO |
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MANILA -- (Updated 1:00 p.m.) President Arroyo said Monday that Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) bomb-maker Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi had been shot dead and that his killing should allay people's anxieties over terrorist attacks.
The military said al-Ghozi, an Indonesian, was killed on the southern island of Mindanao on Sunday, three months after he escaped from a Manila police prison where he had been serving a 17-year jail term for illegal acquisition of explosives.
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