Alwaght-
Izzat Ibrahim
al-Douri, Saddam Hussein’s Vice-president as well as one of the most prominent
ISIS leaders, has been killed on Friday, according to Governor of Salah al-Din in
a military operation in the Hamrin Mountains.
“Security
forces managed to kill the terrorist Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri through a proactive
process in Hamrin area near Alas fields,” Raed al-Jubouri, the governor of Salah
al-Din told to Iraqi official channel.
No further
detail has been published in this regard yet.
Douri was one
of Saddam’s most trusted aides which US set a $10m bounty on him, Iraqi news
reported.
Several times
before, there were rumors publicized by some mainstream media that al-Douri has been killed,
but this time, a picture of a corpse has been published by Iraqi News Agency
Alsumaria.