IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's son 'killed in Syria'

  04 July 2018    Read: 1077
IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

A son of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in a battle in Syria, IS news outlets say.

Hudhayfah al-Badri died in a "commando operation" against Syrian government and Russian forces at a power plant in Homs province, a Telegram message said.

It gave no further details but included an image of a youth holding a rifle.

The whereabouts of his father - whose real name is Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim al-Badri - are unknown, but the message implied that he was still alive.

Baghdadi, who has a $25m (£19m) US bounty on his head, has been reported killed or wounded on a number of occasions.

He has not been heard from since September 2017, when he urged supporters to wage attacks against the West and keep fighting in Syria and neighbouring Iraq.


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