Isis leader behind Turkey nightclub attack is killed by US forces in secretive raid

Abdurakhmon Uzbeki, believed to be from Uzbekistan, was killed during ground assault near Mayadin, Syria, on 6 April, says US central command

The United States has announced that a secret military ground operation killed an Islamic State operative seen as a close associate of leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and linked to an attack on a Turkish nightclub that left 39 people dead.

Abdurakhmon Uzbeki, who was believed to be from Uzbekistan, was killed during the ground assault near Mayadin, Syria, on 6 April, said Colonel John Thomas, a spokesman for the US military's central command.