Islamic State Pakistani wing chief killed while planting bomb

April 17, 2015 18:19

The chief of Islamic State's Pakistani wing, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed was killed on 16 April, when a bomb he was planting went off in the northwest tribal region of Kyber, reports said.

According to The Express Tribune, authorities in Pakistan's Tirah Valley said that the militants were planting or manufacturing an improvised explosive device, when it went off killing three men.

Officials identified one of the militants as the IS commander for Pakistan, but there has been no confirmation from the Islamist group as yet.

Earlier in January, IS had anointed the former Taliban leader, who is also known as Hafiz Saeed Khan, as their new overload in southern Asia.

The 42-year-old was appointed the leader of a new group called IS Khorasan, an offshoot of Abu Bakhr al-Baghdadi's militant group which spans Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, as well as some parts of Central Asia.

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