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A young Australian Islamic State fighter, Jake Bilardi, has been identified by ISIS as having died in a coordinated suicide bombing attack in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Wednesday.
In the capital of Iraq's embattled Anbar province, 13 suicide car bombs exploded almost simultaneously, according to the Associated Press. At least 10 people were killed and 30 wounded in the attack. ISIS said in an online statement that it used foreign fighters from Australia, Belgium, Syria and Uzbekistan to undertake the attack.
On Tuesday, Abu Abdullah al-Australi, who was prominent on Twitter, was identified as 18-year-old Melbourne teenager Bilardi, who converted to Islam at the age of 13 after his mother died. He left Australia last year after dropping out of school and buying a one-way ticket to Turkey. Read more...
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