The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group’s alleged leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in an air raid in Syria by the US-led coalition, reports said on Monday. US officials, however, refused to confirm his death.
Baghdadi died in an air strike on IS’ stronghold of Raqqa in northern Syria, Iranian state media and pro-government Turkish daily Yenis Safak said, citing IS-affiliated Arabic news agency al-Amaq.
The statement published by Amaq said IS’ ‘Caliph’ Baghdadi had been killed on Sunday, according to the media reports.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed by coalition airstrikes on Raqqa on the fifth day of Ramadan.Statement
Earlier on Monday, Iraqi TV channel ‘Al-Sumaria’ said that Baghadi had been wounded on Sunday in a coalition air strike on a location 65 kilometers west of the IS-held city of Mosul.
US TV network CNN on Monday cited US defense officials as saying they received credible intelligence that Baghdadi, who has a $25 million bounty on his head, moved around in the past six months and traveled to Mosul.
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