ISIS leader blows himself up by accident in botched suicide attack
A BUMBLING ISIS commander died after he accidentally blew himself up during a suicide mission in Syria.
ISIS commander Bahrumsyah died after he accidentally blew himself up
The Indonesian national, who was commander of Islamic State group in Southeast Asia, died while trying to carry out the covert mission on Syrian troops.
Officials said that the man, named as "Bahrumsyah," had been heading towards an army unit to kill members of the Syrian Army near the central city of Palmyra.
But he was unable to complete his mission when his car, packed with explosives, exploded prematurely.
ISIS confirmed that he died on Tuesday.
However, the terror group added that “Abu Muhammad al-Indonesi,” as they referred to him, had successfully inflicted significant damage on Syrian troops.
According to reports, Bahrumsyah had been hand picked by ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to lead a unit of fighters from the Malay Archipelago in the Syrian civil war.
Bahrumsyah, had been heading towards an army unit to kill members of the Syrian Army
Al-Baghdadi’s prodigy, Bahrumsyah, had maimed in the past.
He was allegedly behind a ferocious suicide attack on January 14, 2016. The attack at a Starbucks in the Indonesian capital killed four and left 20 injured.
He had also been on America’s most wanted terrorists’s list since last year.
Bahrumsyah was chosen by ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Al-Baghdadi has received massive support from at least 22 terrorist groups in Indonesia.
And nearly 600 Indonesians have reportedly traveled to ISIS strongholds in the Middle East to fight wars in Iraq and Syria from 2006 to 2016.