Iraq: Notorious French ISIL Head-Chopper Reportedly Killed

The Arabic-language al-Sumeriyeh news quoted the Iraqi sources as saying that 27-year-old Maxim Hoshar, nom de guerre Abu Abdullah, has been killed.

It further said that the French who won the title of ISIL’s head-chopper in late 2014 when he beheaded an American hostage and 18 Syrian army troops captured by the group earlier.

Abu Abdullah that joined the terrorist group via internet had invited a large number of people to follow his suit.

The source did not disclose any information about Hoshar’s death.

The Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency quoted Iraqi Army Major Abdul Aziz al-Mo’azidi as disclosing earlier this month that the Iraqi forces have detained Head of Amaq News Agency, the media wing of ISIL terrorist group in the village of al-Lak near Mosul.

Anadolu further said that Khalid al-Amin was interrogated by the Iraqi forces right on the spot, leading the Baghdad forces to detain six al-Amin’s aids in the same village.

The Amaq was established in 2014 when ISIL was ruling large parts of Iraq and Syria.