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IS speaker killed by Russian airstrike in Syria â€” defense ministry

31 August 2016 14:45 (UTC +04:00)

Baku – APA. One of the ringleaders and official speaker of the Islamic State terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia), Abu Muhammad al-Adnani has been liquidated in Syria’s Aleppo city as a result of an airstrike delivered by Russia’s Sukhoi Su-34 bomber, TASS agency cited the Russian Defense Ministry’s press service as saying on Wednesday.

"On August 30, 2016, Russia’s Su-34 bomber destroyed by an airstrike in the area of Ma'arat Umm Hawsh a large group of IS militants comprising up to 40 people.

According to reports confirmed by several intelligence channels, field commander Abu Mukhammad al-Adnani, better known as "the official spokesperson" of the international terrorist group Islamic State, was among the liquidated terrorists," the report says.

"Abu Muhammad al-Adnani was considered the second person in IS after the organization’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and was known for his calls to stage terrorist attacks in countries of Western Europe and in the United States," the ministry said.

The Pentagon said on August 30 that al-Adnani was liquidated by an airstrike of the US-led international coalition in the area of Al Bab. The US Department of Defense also reported that they were still assessing the results of the airstrike.