{"id":430301,"date":"2026-05-16T08:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/430301\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T08:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:22:12","slug":"us-president-donald-trump-says-isis-second-in-command-abu-bilal-al-minuki-eliminated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/430301\/","title":{"rendered":"US President Donald Trump says ISIS second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki eliminated"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nUS President Donald Trump announced the news on his Truth Social platform.
\nPhoto: ANDREW LEYDEN\/AFP\n<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump says Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second-in-command of ISIS globally, has been eliminated in an operation conducted by US and Nigerian forces.<\/p>\n

“Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.<\/p>\n

“Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, thought he could hide in Africa, but little did he know we had sources who kept us informed on what he was doing.”<\/p>\n

He also thanked the Nigerian government for its partnership in the operation.<\/p>\n

Nigeria had earlier come under scrutiny from Trump, who had said that Christians there were being persecuted, which the African nation’s government denied.<\/p>\n

The US had struck what it said were Islamist bases in northwestern Nigeria on Christmas Day last year, following Trump’s accusations.<\/p>\n

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