(Al-Furqan media via The Associated Press) This image made from video posted on a militant website on Monday, April 29, 2019, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, being interviewed by his group's Al-Furqan media outlet. Al-Baghdadi, in his first video since June 2014, praised Sri Lankan militants for the Easter suicide bombings that killed 250 people.
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