ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and three other jihadi commanders ‘poisoned by mystery would-be assassin’
The terror group is desperately trying to track down the plotter
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is at death's door after being poisoned by a mystery assassin in Iraq, it has been reported.
Three other senior jihadis were also afflicted by the toxin in Al-Ba’aj, southwest of Mosul – Islamic State's biggest city in Iraq. The four have reportedly been rushed for treatment at a secret location.
FARS, an Iranian news agency, say that ISIS is now arresting several suspects to find out who has struck a blow at the terror group's self-proclaimed 'Caliph'.
The evil Iraqi cleric is known to have been personally responsible the rape and torture of US aid worker Kayla Mueller.
He forced the 26-year-old to marry him, before repeatedly raping her.
Mueller was killed during a Jordanian airstrike on ISIS in February last year.
The United States has a £7million price on Baghdadi’s head.
He was previously held by US forces in the city of Fallujah in 2004 during their invasion of the country.
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Baghdadi was released within six months and would go on to be declared the leader of ISIS – then known as al-Qaeda in Iraq – in 2010.
If the reports are true, it would not the first time al-Baghdadi has been injured. In 2015 he was severely hurt in a US airstrike in Syria.
In June of this year, rumours surfaced that he was killed by a US airstrike in ISIS 'capital' Raqqa, but they were later found to be false.
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