Daesh executes own senior commander in Kirkuk over leaving stronghold

The Takfiri Daesh terrorist group has reportedly executed one of its high-ranking militant commanders in Iraq’s northern oil-rich province of Kirkuk on charges of “attempts to escape to the land of non-believers.”

A local source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Arabic-language SNG news agency that the senior terrorist, identified by the nom de guerre Abu Qatada al-Muhajir, was killed on the outskirts of Hawijah city, located 45 kilometers west of the provincial capital city of Kirkuk.

The source added that al-Muhajir was a prominent Daesh member and in charge of recruiting Arab fighters.

He purportedly possessed a great deal of information about Daesh leaders and the terror group’s bombing squads.