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Terror Networks
Abu Bilal Al-Minuki: The Terrorist Who Died Twice
2026-05-18
More on this story from two days ago.
[HumangleMedia] An ISWAP leader previously declared dead by Nigerian authorities has now been announced killed again, this time in a joint operation involving American intelligence support

SUMMARY
By the time the announcement that Abu Bilal Al-Minuki
…also in our archives as Abu Bakr al-Mainuki, he was the ISIS Number 2, holding the organizing and finance portfolios, and previously head of ISWAP…
was killed reached the outside world, the strike itself was already hours old. In the early hours of Saturday, May 16, somewhere in Metele, in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, a compound had been hit.

First, US President Donald Trump posted a statement on Truth Social. Another came from Bayo Onanuga, Special Advisor to Nigeria’s president on Information and Strategy, on Facebook and X. Al-Minuki, described as one of the most senior figures inside Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), was dead, both statements claimed.

“Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield. Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally,” Trump said in the post.

The Nigerian military said special forces were deployed to block escape routes while air components executed precision strikes against what was described as a “concealed and fortified terrorist enclave.” The mission was completed, the military added, “without casualties or equipment loss on the part of friendly forces.”

More at the link
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