MANILA, Philippines — Rajah Agbimuddin Kiram, who led a group of Filipinos to stake a claim to Sabah in 2013, has died.
A report from The Star Online said that Kiram, 74, died of cardiac arrest in his home in Simunul town Tawi-Tawi province on Tuesday.
He was the younger brother of the late Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, who died in October 2013.
It was Agbimuddin who led a group of followers into Lahad Datu in 2013, which led to an engagement with Malaysian security forces in a standoff and ended up in clashes.
The Star Online said at least 73 of Agbimuddin’s followers were killed (59 bodies have recovered) from the eight-week “armed showdown.”
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