WASHINGTON, May 16 — US President Donald Trump said yesterday that American and Nigerian forces had killed a senior Islamic State group leader.
“Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield,” Trump said on Truth Social.
“Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, thought he could hide in Africa, but little did he know we had sources who kept us informed on what he was doing.” — AFP
US and Nigerian forces killed ‘most active terrorist in the world’, says Trump
