ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ‘dies of injuries one week after being hit by US-led airstrikes in Syria’
The Islamic State leader was reportedly injured in the group's Syrian stronghold Raqqa last week
ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has reportedly been killed.
The self-proclaimed caliph is said to have died from his injuries a week after being hit by a US-led air strike in Syria.
A statement from a news agency linked to the terror organisation said: "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed by coalition air strikes on Raqqa on the fifth day of Ramadan."
Conflicting reports have surrounded the location of his death, with some saying he died in Raqqa while others claim it was in Mosul, Iraq.
Both locations are ISIS strongholds.
A statement from Iraqi security forces said: "Iraqi aircraft hit Baghdadi's convoy as it was moving towards Karabia to attend a meeting of the Daesh terrorist leaders."
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An Iraqi TV channel last week claimed al-Baghdadi was injured by a missile from a coalition aircraft.
Al Sumariya TV cited local sources in Iraq's Nineveh province when claiming al-Baghdadi and other leaders were wounded on Thursday.
Coalition spokesman Colonel Chris Garver said he had seen reported but had "nothing to confirm this at this time".
The statement claiming the leader has died is yet to be verified.
The Ministry of Defence declined to comment.
Officials in the US defence department previously admitted they were not entirely sure where Baghdadi was holed up.
The evil Iraqi cleric is known to have been personally responsible the rape and torture of US aid worker Kayla Mueller.
He forced the 26-year-old to marry him, before repeatedly raping her.
Mueller was killed during a Jordanian airstrike on ISIS in February last year.
The United States has a £7million price on Baghdadi’s head.
He was previously held by US forces in the city of Fallujah in 2004 during their invasion of the country.
Baghdadi was released within six months and would go on to be declared the leader of ISIS – then known as al-Qaeda in Iraq – in 2010.
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