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Trump says IS second in command killed in Nigeria
US President Donald Trump announced via Truth Social that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, Islamic State's global second-in-command, was killed in a joint US-Nigerian military operation in Nigeria's Lake Chad Basin, along with several of his lieutenants. Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu praised the collaboration as effective counterterrorism, following December 2025 US strikes in Nigeria after Trump's claims of Christian persecution by Islamist militants, which Nigerian authorities denied.
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Trump says IS second in command killed in Nigeria
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