A French suspect in the deadly Paris attacks claimed by ISIL has been killed by US coalition forces in Syria, the US military said on Tuesday.
Charaffe al-Mouadan, 27, a native of the St Denis suburb of Paris, was among 10 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant leaders allegedly killed in recent air strikes targeting ISIL's leadership.
Colonel Steve Warren said Mouadan had direct links to the "Paris attack cell leader", and others targeted were "actively planning additional attacks against the West".
"Over the past month we've killed 10 ISIL leaders in air strikes. We will hunt ISIL members who want to recruit and attack the West," Warren said.
Mouadan is believed to have fled to Syria in November 2015. It was unclear if he travelled there before or after the November 13 Paris attacks that killed 130 people.
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