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Ukraine says detains deputy of slain Islamic State "minister of war"

Ukraine's security service said on Friday it had detained the deputy of Abu Omar al-Shishani, the man the Pentagon described as Islamic State's "minister of war", after he crossed into Ukraine on a fake passport last year.

 

The SBU security service said it had taken into custody Al Bara Shishani, a Georgian citizen, in a joint operation with Georgia's Interior Ministry and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

 

"A portrait examination has proved that the detained foreigner is indeed a wanted leader of the Islamic State," the SBU said in a statement.

 


פרסום ראשון: 11.15.19, 18:30