US and Nigerian forces have killed the second in command of the ISIS militant group in a "very complex mission", US President Donald Trump says.
"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," he said in a Truth Social post.
He named the targeted as "Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally", adding, "He will no longer terrorise the people of Africa, or help plan operations to target Americans".
"With his removal, ISIS’s global operation is greatly diminished," Trump said.
It was not the first strike Trump had ordered against alleged Islamic State militants in Nigeria.
In December, Trump said he had directed a “powerful and deadly strike against ISIS” in northwestern Nigeria, who he said had been killing innocent Christians.
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