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

Washington's correspondent Kim Soo-hyun reports.

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

During the arrest of US troops, the US Special Forces opened a bomb vest in a dead end tunnel, killing himself 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 Bagdadi.]

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

Defense Minister Esper explained that he tried to capture Al Bagdaddi 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-bagdad's whereabouts of 29 billion dollars, such as Osama bin Laden of al-Qaeda, which led the September 11 terrorist attacks.