According to a statement from the Islamic State terrorist militia, leader and “caliph” Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi Al-Qurashi was recently killed “in battles against the enemies of God”. The exact circumstances and time of death have not yet been disclosed.
The news of the Iraqi’s death was spread via Telegram by jihadist spokesman Abu Umar al-Muhajir. However, this information contradicted Turkish reports from several months ago, which stated that the “Caliph” had been arrested in Turkey.
Hassan Hassan, editor-in-chief of New Lines Magazine, who also published a book on IS, warned against caution: “IS can easily claim that the leader is dead and has been replaced by someone else.” It could be fake news. , Hassan said on Twitter. Because capturing a leader would be a great embarrassment to the organization.
Is IS just trying to confuse secret services?
In addition, jihadist groups have “a long history” of such false reports. With this they wanted to confuse secret services, according to the terror expert. He can also imagine that the already presented successor Abu al-Husayn al-Husayni al-Qurashi is a simple name change. Despite the warnings, the United States welcomed the death of the previous IS chief.
Source: Krone
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