IS senior leader killed in an ambush in eastern Tikrit
Iraqi security forces. File photo.
Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) A source in Salahuddin Operations Command revealed, that a senior leader of the Islamic State group was killed in an ambush set by security forces in eastern Tikrit, Alsumaria News reported on Monday.
“Security forces set up an ambush for the Islamic State’s leader Mohamed al-Badri Abu Khamis, near the salt company, east of al-Daur district (25 km in eastern Tikrit), and managed to kill him,” the source told Alsumaria News.
“The IS leader was accompanied by three militants who succeeded to fled to an unknown destination,” the source added.