U.S Airstrike in Libya Targets Man Behind Deadly 2013 Attack on Algerian Plant
The United States carried out an airstrike in Libya early Sunday against the mastermind of the 2013 terrorist seizure of an Algerian gas plant that left 38 foreign hostages dead, American and Libyan officials said on Sunday.
The Libyan government said in a statement Sunday night that the airstrikes killed the terrorist leader, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, and “a number” of other Libyan terrorists in the eastern part of the country.
American officials confirmed that Mr. Belmokhtar was the target of the strike by at least one American warplane, but they expressed caution about his fate, saying that they needed forensic proof to declare with certainty Mr. Belmokhtar’s death. That could take some time unless terrorist websites issue a statement of mourning.
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