Bamako (Mali): French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the leader of the Islamic State in the Sahara region, Abu al-Walid al-Saharavi (ISIS leader Abu al-Walid al-Saharavi) late Wednesday night. was killed.
The president called it “a great achievement” of the French military. The president tweeted that Saharvi had been “killed by French forces”, but did not give any further details.
News of the death of a hardcore terrorist has been circulating in Mali for almost a week, although there has been no confirmation by the authorities in the region. It is not yet clear where al-Sahrawi was killed. The Islamic State group has been blamed for dozens of attacks on the border between Mali and Niger. It is not yet clear how the body was identified. The French military has been fighting Islamist extremists in the Sahel region for a long time.
