Veteran sniper was different, killing 5 terrorists outside 1km with just one shot

Sniper material photo. [픽사베이]

It was belatedly known that a British veteran sniper with 20 years of experience defeated five terrorist suspects located 1km away with a single bullet.

According to the British Express on the 24th (local time), a sniper belonging to the British Army Airborne Special Forces (SAS) made such a criminal record during an Islamic State (IS) remnant sweep in Syria last November.

At the time, SAS units were looking for IS terrorists who attacked their villages with the Kurds. Then he found a site that is believed to be the IS bomb factory and looked at it for several days.

Five IS members came out of the building. As they appeared to leave the factory, the sniper pulled out the Barrett 50 caliber, the most powerful rifle in the unit’s arsenal. The Barrett’s 50 caliber is usually used to snipe targets such as aircraft, trucks and tanks.

He picked a target. He was an gang member wearing a suicide bomber vest. At the time, another member of the IS group was laughing while photographing the crew wearing a suicide bomb vest with a camera, local media reported.

The range is 1km. The sniper aimed at the suicide bomber’s chest, calculating the wind direction. The sniper pulled the trigger, and after a while the bomb on the terrorist’s body exploded. According to the British Daily Star, four nearby terrorists were also identified as the dust in the area of ​​the explosion sank.

An official from the SAS unit said that it was not from the beginning that he was shooting with an explosion in mind. Initially, they first removed the suicide bomber by dropping it from the crowd, then looked at the actions of the remaining four to determine who was the Supreme Jihadist commander.

But the situation didn’t work. This is because the IS crews were within the sniper limit. However, as a result, the supreme commander of Jihad was also removed while hitting the target. An official from the SAS unit said, “I was lucky”.

A SAS official was proud, saying, “Terrorists are afraid to kill our snipers.” “Terrorists can’t see us and hear us (thanks to the silencer in their guns),” he said. “By the time they found out we were around, someone had already been shot down.” Added.

The sniper’s identity was kept secret. However, he is said to have received a baseball cap hat inscribed with’long-range death’ from the unit as a gift.

According to the British Daily Mail, this operation is the follow-up to the’Secret War’ in the first half of last year. British special forces snipers, including SAS, fought dozens of battles with IS crews hiding in Iraqi mountain caves from April to June of last year. According to British Defense Ministry sources, 100 armed IS crew members were killed in the process. In an interview with the British media, the source said, “Our goal is to get rid of IS organizations in the region.”

Reporter Jeong Eun-hye [email protected]