Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed himself with a suicide vest as US special operations forces attacked. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during an overnight raid led by US military forces in Syria, a major victory as he fights a Democratic-led impeachment inquiry.
Baghdadi killed himself and three of his children by detonating an explosives-laden vest when he fled US forces into a dead-end tunnel during the attack, which took place in the Idlib region in northwest Syria, the Republican president said in a televised address to the nation from the White House.
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Source:: Free Malaysia Today
