IS-Swedish reportedly killed in Iraq – Aftonbladet

A Swedish man with a key role in the Islamic state has been killed in an air strike, according to Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.

– It is very difficult to confirm the deaths in the conflict zone in Iraq , says Gabriel Wernstedt at the Foreign Ministry; s press service said.

According to Iraqi media, the country’s air force, in cooperation with the country’s intelligence service, have conducted an air strike over the weekend the Islamic State “media center” in Anbar province in western Iraq.

In a statement on Facebook writes Falcon Intelligence Cell, an Iraqi anti-terrorism unit, that 23 people died or were injured in the attack.

of them shall be a Swedish man called Abu Othman. According to the Iraqi anti-terror unit so his task was to produce radio of the Islamic State.

Foreign Ministry could not confirm

But the State Department could not confirm media reports that a Swedish have been killed in Iraq.

– The situation means that it is very difficult to confirm the deaths in the conflict zone in Iraq, says Gabriel Wernstedt on the Foreign Ministry’s press service said.

Neither the Security Service can rule on the case.

Hundreds of Swedes in the IS

About 300 Swedish citizens expected to contend for the IS. Nearly 40 of them have died in the fighting in Syria and Iraq, according to the Security Police. The connection to the IS is exceptional, according to Peder Hyllengren, researchers at the Center for Asymmetric Threat Studies at the Swedish National Defence College.

– Previously, people have traveled to al-Shabaab, Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, but the number who travel and the number that drops now are extraordinary, something we have not seen in any conflict. Connect it to a power that actually has a chance to succeed. To be part of the strong team is a allure, said Peder Hyllengren earlier this year.