Iraqi officials say ISIS deputy killed in air strike

Iraq's ministry of defense says that Abdul Rahman Mustafa Mohammed, the second-in-command of the Islamic State, was killed in an air strike in northern Iraq.

Spokesman Brig. Gen. Tahsin Ibrahim told the BBC that Mohammed, also known as Abu Alaa al-Afrai, was at a meeting with other militants at the al-Shuhada mosque near Tal Afar, and dozens were killed in the strike. He had a $7 million U.S. bounty on his head, and once served as the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq in Mosul.

The general did not say what country carried out the strike, but the U.S. says coalition aircraft did not target a mosque. A source told The Associated Press the strike took place on Tuesday.

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