Most wanted ISIS leader who had $3 million bounty on his head and was top fund raiser for the Islamic terrorist group has been reportedly killed in a coalition airstrike in Syria.
33-year old senior ISIS leader who helped raise funds, secure arms and transport fighters for the militant group, has been killed by a coalition airstrike in Syria, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
Tariq bin Tahar al-'Awni al-Harzi was identified by the Pentagon as the brother of another fighter linked to the 2012 attack on the U.S consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
Al-Harzi, who was born in Tunisia, was known as the 'emir of suicide attacks.' He is known for coordinating hundreds of lone suicide bomber attacks across the globe. He is reported to have been one of the first prominent terrorists to join ISIS.
He raised significant funds for terrorism from Gulf-based donors, including a $2 million donation from one person in Qatar.
'His death will impact ISIL's ability to integrate foreign terrorist fighters into the Syrian and Iraqi fight as well as to move people and equipment across the border between Syria and Iraq,' said Captain Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, using an acronym for Islamic State.
