MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Iraqi military said they found a body of a senior Islamic State (ISIL or Daesh) commander Abu Omar Shishani, east of Iraq's city of Ramadi, local media reported Monday.
Last week, Pentagon confirmed that Shishani, known as Omar "the Chechen," died from his injuries following a March 4 US-led coalition airstrike in Syria near the town of Shaddadi. He has been serving as an Daesh commander in Syria.
"Army forces found 10 bodies of IS terrorists during the clearing of Albu Obaid area east of Ramadi. One of them belongs to the IS commander Abu Omar al-Shishani," Alsumaria TV channel reported, citing Iraqi commander in Anbar Ismail Mahlaui as saying.
The Daesh is terrorist group that has captured large areas of land in Iraq and Syria, where it had proclaimed a caliphate. The terror group is outlawed in Russia, the United States and in several other countries.
