Footage emerges of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of extremist organisation ISIS who was believed to have been killed or seriously wounded in the past – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

Footage emerges of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of extremist organisation ISIS who was believed to have been killed or seriously wounded in the past





Footage has emerged purporting to show Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of extremist organisation ISIS.

Intelligence services believed that al-Baghdadi had been killed or seriously wounded in an airstrike back in 2017.

The footage appears to show someone who resembles an older al-Baghdadi, without any visible injury, speaking of recent events and praising the Sri Lanka massacre.

Security analysts are trying to ascertain the authenticity of the footage below:

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