ISIS terror chief behind Tunisia beach massacre that left 30 Brits dead 'killed in US airstrike in Libya'

Noureddine Chouchane is believed to be among 40 jihadis killed in the airstrikes in Libya.

The primary target of the strikes was Noureddine Chouchane (left) - believed to be the mastermind of two attacks in Tunisia last year, one of which left 30 British holidaymakers dead (right)

THE ISIS terror chief ISIS terror chief behind last year's deadly Tunisia beach attacks have killed 40 jihadis. American warplanes hammered buildings close to the Libyan capital Tripoli where senior ISIS figures had set up base.

In July, an attack on a beach resort near the Tunisian city of Sousse killed 38 tourists - including 30 Britons

 The primary target of the strikes was Noureddine Chouchane - believed to be the mastermind of two attacks in Tunisia last year, one of which left 30 British holidaymakers dead.


Roughly 40 jihadis were killed in the strikes today, with Chouchane believed to be among them.
Speaking after today's airstrikes, the Pentagon confirmed they were hunting Chouchane
"We took this action against and the training camp after determining that both he and the ISIL fighters at these facilities were planning external attacks on US and other Western interests in the region," Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook using an alternative name for ISIS.

"The vast majority of those killed were Tunisians who were probably members of IS," local official Hussein al-Dawadi said, using an alternative name for ISIS. Officials are now trying to establish whether Chouchane was one of those killed this morning.

Couchane is suspected of being behind the two Tunisia attacks. In July, an attack on a beach resort near the Tunisian city of Sousse killed 38 tourists -- including 30 Britons.

That followed an attack on the National Bardo Museum in Tunis in March that killed 21 tourists and a policeman. Both attacks were claimed by ISIS.