ISIS' second-in-command Abu Alaa al-Afri has been killed in an airstrike, the Iraqi military said Wednesday.
According to CNN, the air attack hit Tal Afar City in the northern part of Iraq, killing ISIS' deputy, who is also known as Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli.
However, spokesperson Col. Steve Warren of U.S. Defense Department said the U.S. cannot verify if ISIS' high-profiled members were indeed killed in the airstrike.
Another ISIS member, Akram Qirbash, was also reportedly killed in the airstrike, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said. Qirbash is also known as the "Judge of Judges," the report said.
An unnamed senior Iraqi security official said that the airstrike took place Tuesday. The Defense Ministry has not mentioned any information on this.
A report by MailOnline said the No. 2 ISIS leader was blown up with dozens of his adherents.
Iraqi Ministry of Defence claimed through a footage posted on YouTube the moment when two missiles hit a mosque in Tal Afar, which reportedly killed Abu Alaa al-Afri.
A statement from U.S. Central Command said the airstrike did not hit "a mosque as some of the press reporting has alleged."
"We have significant mitigation measures in place within the targeting process and during the conduct of operations to reduce the potential risks of collateral damage and civilian casualties," Central Command said.
Al-Afri has a bounty of $7 million, which is said to be the highest, next to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the caliph of ISIS, with $10 million reward for any information on him.
According to the U.S. Treasury, al-Afri was captured and imprisoned in Iraq but was freed in 2012 after which he joined ISIS. He also spent time in Syria.
The CNN report also said that al-Afri has a background in physics as a teacher. He was also believed to be Osama bin Laden's favored candidate as the next top leader after Abu Omar al-Baghdadi.
Reports say that there was an attempt by al-Afri to claim lineage to Prophet Mohammed to qualify for the top job.
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