Al-Qaeda Commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar ‘Killed in Mali’
Terrorism • March 2013 • Views: 811
In a statement on Chadian national television, General Gobongue said Mokhtar Belmokhtar died in an assault on an Islamist rebel base in northern Mali on Saturday.
One of the world’s most wanted men, was at the centre of an international manhunt after January’s siege at the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria.
The French military, which is leading the offensive against al-Qaeda-linked rebels in Mali, said they could not immediately confirm the claim.
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