United States President, Donald Trump has confirmed the killing of leader of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after the U.S. troops raided his hideouts in Northwestern Syria.
Trump disclosed this in a a statement in the White House.
According to him, Baghdadi, who he described as the leader of the most ruthless and violent terror organization anywhere in the world cried and whimpered like a dog when he was cornered.
He ignited his vest, killing himself,” Trump said.
“He died after running into a dead end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all the way,” Trump said, adding that three of Baghdadi’s children also died in the blast.
Trump also disclosed that the dead terrorist actually took his own life when he detonated a suicide vest
Trump said that the raid — which required flying more than an hour by helicopter in both directions from an undisclosed base — had been accomplished by help from Russia, Syria, Turkey and Iraq.
He added that three of the terrorist children were killed with him in the blast while his two wives were killed without their suicide vests being detonated.
He added that no life was lost on the part of the soldiers that carried out the operation.
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