JUST IN - [PANOORIN] AQUINO SUPALPAL NI PRES.DUTERTE : "Bakit ninyo tinago na iyon was an operation of the CIA?"

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday claimed that the Mamasapano clash that killed at least 60 people, including 44 police commandos, was an operation of the United States Central Intelligence Agency.

Addressing former President Benigno Aquino III and former Philippine National Police chief Alan Purisima, Duterte asked why this information was not made available to the public.

"Bakit ninyo tinago na iyon was an operation of the CIA?" he said in a speech before the families and widows of the Special Action Force members killed in the operation two years ago.

"Let it brought out in the open. It was an American adventure with the cooperation of some with your blessing," Duterte added.

The operation resulted in the death of Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir alias Marwan, whose finger was cut off by police commandos and sent to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation for DNA identification. Marwan, a bomb maker, had a $5 million bounty on his head.