According to the latest update, ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s condition is ‘critical’ after his food was poisoned by an assassin. Meals prepared for Baghdadi and three other commanders of the terrorist organisation were allegedly poisoned in Nineveh’s Be’aaj district, the Daily Mail reported on Monday.
All four senior militants have been diagnosed with “severe poisoning” and “have been transferred to an unknown location under strict measures”. It is also reported that
IS has reportedly launched a campaign of arrests to track down those behind poisoning the food.
Al-Baghdadi’s movements are only known to a few in his inner circle as he is constantly on the move, changing locations in Iraq and Syria to avoid airstrikes.
Under the leadership of Baghdadi, the group spearheaded a militant offensive that expanded into Syria in 2013 and overran much of Iraq’s Arab heartland.
Baghdadi has been wounded multiple times in air strikes and been reported dead, but has re-surfaced each time.
Earlier this year, there were reports he had been killed by US-led coalition air strikes, but they turned out to be inaccurate, the Daily Mail reported.
