A German rapper who became an Islamic State jihadist apparently survived an October airstrike in Syria that the US military previously claimed had killed him, the Pentagon acknowledges.
Denis Cuspert, also known by his artist name Deso Dogg, used to rap in Berlin and became one of the most famous Western fighters for the IS extremist group.
He appeared in numerous IS propaganda videos, including one that US officials said pictured him showing a man’s severed head.
The Pentagon last year declared Cuspert dead following an October 16 strike near the jihadists’ stronghold of Raqa.
“At the time, our assessment was the strike was successful. It now appears that assessment was incorrect and Denis Cuspert survived the airstrike,” Pentagon spokesman Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway says in a statement sent to AFP on Thursday.
— AFP
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