TEHRAN, October 13. /TASS/. The Islamic State terrorist organization has confirmed that Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, the "right hand" of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been killed, Iran’s Fars news agency reported Tuesday.
Earlier reports said that as a result of an Iraqi Air Force raid on an Islamic State convoy in the western province of Anbar, al-Baghdadi was wounded and three of his deputies killed.
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