The news of the death of ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a secret air raid by US special force in Syria has been welcomed by two hapless widows in a faraway Bengal district.
The husbands of the two women from Nadia district were among the 39 workers who were kidnapped by the terrorist outfit in June, 2014 and killed at Basood in Iraq. Their mass grave was found four long years later at Mosul in 2018 and time has not lessened the hatred the women have for the IS.
One of the two women said she is happy with the destruction of militant camps, while the other said Baghdadi should have killed earlier and with more cruelty.
US President Donald Trump had on Sunday announced that the elusive leader of the "ruthless" Islamic State and the world's number one terrorist died "like a dog and like a coward".
Trump said the US Special Operations forces conducted the "daring and dangerous night time raid and "accomplished their mission in grand style". Baghdadi spent his last moments "whimpering and crying and screaming" in a dead-end tunnel before he blew himself up, killing also his three children.
Namita Sikdar, the widow on Khokon Sikdar - a mason from Tehatta in Nadia district said "I came to know about killing of Baghdadi from the TV. I am very happy. My husband was killed with 38 others and IS was behind it. They (IS) have killed thousands of innocent people. I am happy that militant camps are being destroyed through out the world. It will save the lives of many people in future."
Expressing her anger against her husband's killers, she said "Baghdadi's killing should have been more cruel as he had killed a huge number of people."
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