(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said U.S. troops have killed the “number one” replacement for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State who died in an American raid over the weekend.
Trump confirmed the death in a tweet Tuesday but didn't identify the person.
Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir, a spokesman for the terrorist group, was reported to have been targeted and killed by U.S. and Syrian Democratic Forces shortly after Baghdadi's death.
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