Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is trapped in the besieged Iraqi city of Mosul, it
was claimed last night.
The second most-wanted man in the world after al-Qaeda ’s Ayman al-Zawahiri has a $10million bounty on his head.
He is believed to be holed up with ISISbombmaker Fawzi Ali Nouimeh, raising fears of a network of booby-trap bombs throughout the stricken city.
Senior Kurdish official Hoshiyar Zebari said his forces had “solid” intelligence that al-Baghdadi and Nouimeh were still in the city.
It means jihadi diehards will fight with even greater ferocity to defend their stronghold against Iraqi and Kurdish forces.
It was from a mosque in Mosul that al-Baghdadi declared his evil caliphate two years ago.
ISIS fighters in the city are said to be unable to pinpoint if attacks will come from the east, west or north.
As they grew more desperate, they used civilians as human shields when Iraqi and Kurdish troops opened fire on villages outside the city. Commanders said men, women and children were forced into the line of fire.
It is feared attacks on Mosul could lead to a massive exodus as the estimated 1.5 million people still living there attempt to flee.
The International Organisation for Migration said it was preparing gas masks in case of chemical attack by the jihadis.
ISIS slaughtered thousands when it took Mosul in 2014.
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