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US President Trump says al-Badhadi, the head of the Islamic extremist terrorist organization, died. The US Special Forces raided Baghdad's hideout and killed himself in an arrest operation.

Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung reports from Washington.

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President Trump officially announced the death of Islamic extremist terrorist group, al-Bagdadadi, at a White House emergency press conference.

During the arrest of US troops, the US Special Forces burst a bomb vest in a dead end tunnel, killing itself and all three children.

[Trump / US President: Al-Bagadi was a cruel and violent man, and died in a cruel and violent way. Cowardly crying and running away died.]

After the operation, a DNA test was conducted on-site to confirm the identity of Al-Bagadi.

[Trump / President: The DNA test came out immediately and completely consistently. The result is al-Bagadi.]

Trump says he watched the operation with Vice President Mike Pence and Defense Secretary Esper in the White House situation room.

Defense Secretary Esper explained that he tried to capture al-Bagadi but refused to surrender and detonated.

[US Secretary of Defense: Trump approved earlier this week to capture or kill an IS mass.]

The United States has pursued al-Bagadi's whereabouts of 29 billion won, such as Osama bin Laden of al-Qaida, which led the September 11 terrorist attacks.