RAQQA, SYRIA — A British Special Air Service sharpshooter killed a top militant soldier and three others using a single bullet. <br /> <br />U.S. and British forces had been targeting the “high-value” target , who was placed on their hit list for months. <br /> <br />Early last month, tipped off by a Syrian CIA agent, special forces were able to track the wanted man to a small village close to Raqqa in northern Syria. <br /> <br />The feared militant, is known for burning people alive. Just before the SAS shooter took him out, the militant and a group of followers were traveling to various compounds killing people they had deemed spies. <br /> <br />At this particular compound, the men were about to burn 12 civilians, eight men and four woman. <br /> <br />The SAS team had moved to an overwatch position above the village. As the man finished giving a speech, a SAS sniper, using a Barrett .50-caliber rifle from about 1,500 meters or roughly one mile away, fired at the terrorist. <br /> <br />The sniper’s bullet hit the executioner’s fuel container affixed to his back. The container exploded, engulfing and killing the executioner and three other jihadists. <br /> <br />The civilians were then rescued by special forces.
