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The Philippine military reported that "Hoppy" was killed by Filipino troops in a final battle to defeat an Islamic State group-linked siege in southern Marawi City.
U.S. Embassy spokesperson [who identifies as female] Molly Koscina told the AP that DNA tests done in Va. at the request of the Philippine military confirmed the death of poor Hoppy.
"This is yet another example of how the U.S. is supporting our friend, partner and ally in the fight against terror," Koscina said predictably. A more accurate statement would have referred to the scumquats as Islamic terrorists or jihadists.
Hoppy and another alleged leader named Omarkhayam Maute were riddled with bullets in a gun fight with Filipino troops at the Marawi seige Monday. It was a push to retake the last hot pocket of the Islamic city still held by the jihadists, and nobody really likes hot pockets, according to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana.
The Philippine military also thinks that Mahmud bin Ahmad, a big shot Malaysian militant and buddy to Hoppy, was also blown away in Marawi, but his body hasn't been found. Some believe it may have been eaten by wild dogs and pigs.
DNA tests were also being done on body parts of other terrorists, but the Filipino troops aren't going into detail.
The confirmation of the deaths of Hapilon and Maute opens the door for bounty payments. A rescued 16-year-old female hostage provided crucial detail that allowed troops to find Hoppy and Maute in a building at the scene of the battle in Marawi.Hapilon, a soft-spoken preacher of the religion of peace, was born to a family of Islamic jihadists on southern Basilan island. Hoppy had been linked to a handful of major terrorist attacks in the southern Philippines, and some included ransom.
The U.S. and Australia have deployed surveillance aircraft to assist the Filipino military battling the Marawi terrorists.
Hoppy isn't hopping anymore.
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