ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s "number one replacement" has been shot dead, Donald Trump claims.
The US President tweeted: "Just confirmed that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s number one replacement has been terminated by American troops. Most likely would have taken the top spot - Now he is also Dead."
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a raid in Syria, led by the US military but aided by SAS troops.
After his death, Abdullah Qardash, also known as Hajji Abdullah al-Afari, was appointed the new leader of the terrorist cult.
It is unclear if Mr Trump is referring to Qardash in his cryptic tweet today.
The world leader didn't give any further information, including how the latest leader was killed.
But Qardash, who was chosen by Baghdadi in August to run the group's "Muslim affairs", was described as a figurehead.
Baghdadi, who died after detonating a suicide vest following a Delta Team operation, built ISIS' self-styled caliphate out of al-Qaeda's Iraqi branch.
He was born in the central Iraqi city of Samarra in 1971 and named Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim al-Badr.
In spite of being a weakly child he enjoyed a successful military career and rose to command al-Qaeda’s Iraqi division which eventually broke away to form ISIS.
It is believed he was a cleric in a mosque in Samarra the city around the time of the US-led invasion in 2003.
It is thought he was already a jihadist during the rule of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
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