Algeria gas plant jihadist Belmokhtar 'killed in US strike'

[WorldNews]

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Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who allegedly masterminded the siege of an Algerian gas plant in which 38 hostages died, has been killed in a US air strike, Libya's internationally recognised government said. "American jets conducted an operation which resulted in the deaths of Mokhtar Belmokhtar and a group of Libyans belonging to a terrorist organisation in eastern Libya," said the statement, which was posted on Facebook. The Pentagon said Belmokhtar had been the target of the strike but did not confirm he had been killed.

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