Ameril Umbra Kato, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Islamic terrorist
Date of Birth: 18-May-1946
Place of Birth: Datu Piang, Philippines
Date of Death: 14-Apr-2015
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: Philippines
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Ameril Umbra Kato
- Amiril Umbra Kato (18 May 1946 – 14 April 2015) was the founder of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), a group which seceded from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
- He joined the MILF after 1985, after he graduated from Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Umbra Kato was the Philippines' most wanted man though due to his still official membership in the MILF he was not hunted by the military.
- However a warrant of arrest was filed against him together with other BIFF members by the Philippine National Police.
- The Armed Forces of the Philippines, with the MILF, launched Operation Darkhorse in a bid to arrest him in January 2014. Kato reportedly died on 14 April 2015 of a heart attack.
- BIFF spokesperson Abu Misry Mama confirmed his death after he was informed by Kato's son that he died at 2:00 am due to complications from pneumonia.
- He was reported to have died in Barangay Kateman in Guindulungan, Maguindanao, but this was denied by the barangay chairman.
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