SAS sniper made his 100th kill as he shot dead an Islamic State chief at a base once used by Saddam Hussein in the ongoing battle for Mosul

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An SAS sniper's 100th hit killed the Islamic State chief during the battle for Mosul, it has been revealed.

The sniper, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, took out the 'highly valued target' as Iraqi special forces and teams of SAS troops probed the outskirts of the city.

According to Patrick Williams for the Daily Star Sunday, the terrorist was killed with a single bullet through his body armour.

A source told the paper: 'The sniper had a two second window to shoot the IS commander.

'He took the shot and the bullet almost cut the terrorist in half.

'He was dead before he hit the floor.'

After the attack, the group withdrew, and in filing the kill, the sniper discovered it was his 100th.

The source added: 'The sniper came to Iraq with around 60 kills but in the last few weeks there has been a lot of killing and he lost count of the number of terrorists he had put in the ground.'

The Sunday paper reports that a senior ISIS commander had established a base in a compound once occupied by Saddam Hussein.

The SAS is said to have waited for a week before launching the assault, during which the commander tried to escape.

Source: dailymail