Born in Berlin, Denis Cuspert was once a popular rapper known As 'Deso Dogg'
Born in Berlin, Denis Cuspert was once a popular rapper known As 'Deso Dogg'
Washington
: A former German rapper who participated in propaganda videos for Islamic State and sought to lure foreigners to the militant group has been killed in a US airstrike in Syria, two US officials said on Thursday.
Born in Berlin, Denis Cuspert was once a popular rapper known by the name -"Deso Dogg.-" But he turned his focus toward militant Islam and joined Islamic State in 2012.
In one propaganda video in November 2014, Cuspert was shown holding a severed head he claimed belonged to a man executed for opposing Islamic State.
According to the US government, which designated him as a terrorist in February, Cuspert appeared to serve as a recruiter for the militant group who focussed on drawing in German speakers.
-"Cuspert is emblematic of the type of foreign recruit ISIL seeks for its ranks - individuals who have engaged in criminal activity in their home countries who then travel to Iraq and Syria to commit far worse crimes,-" the State Department wrote in February. ISIL stands for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
One of the US officials said Cuspert was believed to have been killed in a US airstrike on Oct. 16 along with two other individuals. Further details on the strike itself were not immediately available.
