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ISIS leader dead, claims Radio Iran

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THE TIMES OF INDIA 27 APRIL, 2015 NEW DELHI- The enigmatic chief of Islamic State jihadist group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, Radio Iran has reported on Monday.Earlier, a Guardian report quoting sources with inside knowledge of the group reported that al-Baghdadi was severely injured in a US-led coalition air strike in March.

According to that report, al-Baghdadi was inujred at al-Baaj district of Nineveh, close to the Syrian border. It also said he was making a slow recovery and was out of his day-to-day control of the jihadist group.

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Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

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