A U.S.-educated ISIS recruiter wanted by the FBI was killed in a coalition airstrike in January, the Islamic State announced Wednesday.
(FOX)- Ahmad Abousamra, a 35-year-old dual U.S.-Syrian citizen who was pivotal in running an online media campaign aimed at recruiting ISIS sympathizers around the world, was on the FBI’s “most wanted” list since 2013.
Abousamra, who was born in Paris but brought up in Boston, was wanted by U.S. authorities for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to kill U.S. soldiers overseas.
According to ISIS, Abousamra was killed in early January when a missile struck a house north of the Syrian city of Tabqa where he was staying.
The terror group made the announcement Wednesday in Islamic State publications, including the English language online magazine, “Rumiyah,” which Abousamra helped to create.
Abousamra traveled to Yemen, Pakistan and Iraq before returning to the U.S., but later fled after his plans for an attack on U.S. soil were discovered, according to Reuters.