IS leader linked to Paris attacks 'mastermind' killed in Syria: Pentagon
- 8 years ago
An Islamic State leader with "direct" links to the alleged ringleader of the Paris attacks was killed in an air strike in Syria as he was plotting additional attacks, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Baghdad-based US military spokesman Colonel Steve Warren told reporters that Charaffe al Mouadan had been killed on December 24.
"He was a Syrian-based ISIL member with a direct link to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Paris attacks cell leader," Warren said, adding that he "was actively planning additional attacks against the West."
Abaaoud - a 27-year-old Belgian of Moroccan descent who allegedly led the group and had fought with the Islamic State group in Syria - was killed in a police raid a few days after the massacre.
European authorities are still looking for suspects linked to the November 13 attacks on a Paris concert hall, restaurants, bars and the national stadium which left 130 people dead and hundreds more wounded.
Baghdad-based US military spokesman Colonel Steve Warren told reporters that Charaffe al Mouadan had been killed on December 24.
"He was a Syrian-based ISIL member with a direct link to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Paris attacks cell leader," Warren said, adding that he "was actively planning additional attacks against the West."
Abaaoud - a 27-year-old Belgian of Moroccan descent who allegedly led the group and had fought with the Islamic State group in Syria - was killed in a police raid a few days after the massacre.
European authorities are still looking for suspects linked to the November 13 attacks on a Paris concert hall, restaurants, bars and the national stadium which left 130 people dead and hundreds more wounded.