fleeflt 30 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up. it happened as trophies were being presented after a tournt-- tournam ent. the u.s. says it has killed a senior i.s.i.l. leader who was running the group's finances. he died in a raid in syria. ash carter refused to be drawn on the details. >> reporter: the momentum of this campaign is now clearly on our side. >> reporter: the u.s. claims this is a significant step in the battle against i.s.i.l., the killing of the group's main money man >> we are systemically eliminating i.s.i.l. as cabinet. need, the u.s. military killed several terrorists this week, including, we believe, a man who was an i.s.i.l. senior leader serving ago a finance minister and who is responsible for some external affairs and plots. he was a well-known terrorist within i.s.i.l.'s ranks >> reporter: this is the man, a former no.2 in al-qaeda he trance erred federal to i.s.i.l. after his release from prisoner in iraq in 2012. this is the second time he has been declared dead. in the days after the attacks in brussel