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Islamic State leader Baghdadi 'may have been killed by Russia'
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of the Islamic State (IS) militant group, may have been killed by Russian air strikes, BBC reports citing Russia's defence ministry. The ministry said an air strike may have killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and up to 330 other fighters on 28 May. It said the raid had targeted a meeting of the IS military council in its de-facto capital of Raqqa in northern Syria. There have been a number of previous reports of Baghdadi's death. A statement by Russia's defence ministry published by the state-funded Sputnik news agency said 30 IS commanders and up to 300 soldiers were at the Raqqa meeting.
