What is Abdul Basit Usman?
[[File:Abdul Basit Usman.jpg|thumb|Abdul Basit Usman]] '''Ahmad Akmad Batabol Usman''' (1974 &ndash; 3 May 2015), better known as '''Abdul Basit Usman''', was a [[Filipinos|Filipino]] [[Islamist]] and fugitive. He was a bomb making expert who was head of the Special Operations Group of the [[Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters]] and had links with [[Abu Sayyaf]] and [[Jemaah Islamiyah]] groups. Usman was born in a village in [[Shariff Aguak]], [[Maguindanao]] to a [[Muslim]] family. He worked as an [[Overseas Filipino Worker]] (OFW) in [[Pakistan]] before taking part in militant activities. Usman was killed on 3 May 2014 in [[Guindulungan, Maguindanao|Guindulungan]], aged 40/41.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/05/03/1450776/maguindanaon-bomber-basit-usman-killed|title=Maguindanaon bomber Basit Usman killed?|date=3 May 2015|newspaper=[[The Philippine Star]]|access-date=4 May 2015|archive-date=5 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505014001/http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/05/03/1450776/maguindanaon-bomber-basit-usman-killed|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Usman, Abdul Basit}} [[Category:1974 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths by firearm]] [[Category:Filipino activists]] [[Category:Muslims]] [[Category:Maguindanao del Sur]] {{Bio-stub}}