Islamic State leaders killed in Iraq airstrike
Reuters
11 October, 2015, 21:49
Update: 11 October, 2015, 21:49
An image grab taken from a propaganda video released on July 5, 2014 by al-Furqan Media allegedly shows the leader of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, adressing Muslim worshippers at a mosque in the militant-held northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Iraq claimed on October 11, 2015. Photo: AFP
Baghdad: An airstrike on a gathering of Islamic State members in a town in western Iraq on Sunday killed several leaders but the group’s top man, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was not among them, hospital sources and residents said.
Iraq’s military said earlier that it had targeted a meeting of Islamic State leaders and a convoy carrying Baghdadi to the gathering in two separate airstrikes.