US may have killed Noureddine Chouchane during air strikes on Islamic State training camp in Libya
Chouchane is suspected of being behind two IS-claimed assaults in Tunisia – the attack on the National Bardo Museum and another on a beach resort near the Tunisian city of Sousse.
A US air strike targeting an Islamic State (IS) training camp in Libya “likely” killed an IS operative linked to two major jihadist attacks in Tunisia last year, a US defence official said on Friday.
“The US conducted an air strike early this morning [Libya time] against an ISIL training camp near Sabratha, Libya, that likely killed ISIL operative Noureddine Chouchane,” the official said, using an alternative acronym for the IS group.
Chouchane is suspected of being behind two IS-claimed assaults. The first, in March, saw an attack on the National Bardo Museum in Tunis that killed 21 tourists and a policeman.
In July, an attack on a beach resort near the Tunisian city of Sousse killed 38 tourists – including 30 Britons.
The US conducted an air strike ... that likely killed ISIL operative Noureddine Chouchane
Libyan officials said Friday’s dawn raid killed more than 40 people, but the US defence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, could not immediately confirm the number.