Peshawar: Al-Qaeda’s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri Tuesday confirmed the death of Abu Yahya al-Libi, a veteran militant said to have been a leader of the group’s operations, and who had survived previous U.S. attacks.
In a video posted on jihadi websites, al-Zawahiri said “I proudly announce to the Muslim umma and to the mujdahideen (holy fighters) the news of the martyrdom of Libya’s lion Sheikh Hassan Mohammed Qaed.”
The U.S. government said in June that a drone strike in Pakistan had killed Libi, dealing the biggest in a series of blows to the militant group since the raid that killed Osama bin Laden last year.
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