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The leadership of the Islamic State published a statement in which it recognized that the leader of the terrorist organization Caliph Ibrahim Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died. This was reported by News Alsumaria, citing a source in the Iraqi province of Ninava.

According to the Iraqi edition, in a short statement by IG it is reported that Abu Bakr died and the name of his successor will be announced in the near future. The leader of the group did not bring any details of the death of the leader.

The statement of IG was expected after two days ago in the Tall-Afar district, the Islamists lifted the ban on public publicity of information about the death of Abu Bakra, the source noted. Earlier, the distribution of rumors about the death of the leader of the IG was supposed to be a punishment of 50 lashes.

According to the publication, a campaign for mass arrests in the ranks of the supporters of the murdered caliph began in the IS. According to the source, the situation develops rapidly and can “lead to bloody clashes” between groups inside the IG, which began the struggle for power after the announcement of the death of Bakr.

In December, the Syrian Human Rights Monitoring Center (SOHR), citing the information of several “deserving confidence” sources, said that the leadership of the IGis preparing for the new “caliph” elections . The message did not specify whether it was supposed to choose the successor to Abu Bakra in case of his death or whether the leader of the IG is already dead.

Messages about the death of al-Baghdadi appeared repeatedly, but later they were not confirmed. On June 11, the Daily Mail, citing the state television of Syria, wrote that Abu Bakr was liquidated as a result of a RACKU air raid.

On June 16, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that on the night of May 28, Russian planes struck the southern outskirts of Rakka, where a meeting of the IS leadership was held on the intelligence. “According to information that is checked through various channels, the meeting was also attended by IS Ibrahim Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was destroyed as a result of the blow,” the Russian military said. “The Su-35 and Su-34 aircraft and the high-ranking commanders of the terrorist group, which were part of the so-called military council of IS, were destroyed. The link is up to 300 militants of their personal protection. " However, this message was also not confirmed.