IS ringleader slain by US drone

paris - One of the most sought after French terrorists in Iraq near the city of Mosul slain by a US drone attack. That French media reported Friday. His death has not been officially confirmed.

It's going to IS ringleader Rashid Kassim. The French jihadist is considered the mastermind behind several attacks in France, for which he recruited from IS-area terrorists. He is suspected of last year to have orchestrated the murder of a priest in the French Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray.

The 29 year old Kassim could possibly have played a role in the planning of a jihadist's wife commands to Paris in September to carry out an attack with gas cylinders.