Pentagon's report becomes eighth report on death of Abu Umar al-Shishani

Last night, the Pentagon spokesman has reported that Abu Umar al-Shishani, one of the leaders of the terrorist grouping "Islamic State" (IS), died from injuries got in an airstrike which took place near the town of Al-Shaddadah in northeastern Syria on March 4.

The "Caucasian Knot" has informed that on March 4, the Pentagon reported on an air attack carried out on March 4 in the Syrian province of al-Hasakah to kill Abu Umar al-Shishani. On March 13, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that Abu Umar al-Shishani had been in a state of clinical death for several days already.

Officials of the Pentagon have confirmed the death of Abu Umar al-Shishani after the respective report of the US "CNN" TV Channel, which referred to two top-ranking officials.

According to the "CNN", the militant died under the care of doctors at the hospital, located not far from the Syrian city of Al-Raqqah.

Earlier, the death of Abu Umar al-Shishani has been reported at least seven times, and his capture was also once reported; however, those data were not confirmed. The first report on the death of Abu Umar al-Shishani came in February 2013. Last time, the death of Abu Umar al-Shishani was reported by the Iranian media on October 11, 2015.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.