Infamous Aussie ISIS terrorists killed

June 23, 2015 17:34

Two terrorists who left Australia to fight for ISIS have been killed, a close relative said.

Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar died in a drone strike in ISIS-controlled territory, said Zaynab Sharrouf, 14, who is Khaled Sharrouf's daughter and Elomar's wife. The men were getting into a car when they were struck, she said.

Australian media reported that the men were in the ISIS stronghold of Mosul, Iraq.

Australian authorities are working to confirm their deaths independently, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said.

Khaled Sharrouf gained infamy last year when he tweeted a picture of his 7-year-old son holding a severed head captioned, "That's my boy."

At the time, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called the picture "one of the most disturbing, stomach-turning, grotesque photographs ever displayed."

Sharrouf and Elomar also tweeted pictures of themselves with the decapitated heads of Syrian government fighters, prompting Australian Federal Police to issue arrest warrants for the pair in July.

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