{"id":175001,"date":"2011-06-11T18:56:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T18:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2011\/06\/11\/east-africa-embassy-bomber-fazul-abdullah-killed-221807-eng\/"},"modified":"2011-06-11T18:56:27","modified_gmt":"2011-06-11T18:56:27","slug":"east-africa-embassy-bomber-fazul-abdullah-killed-221807-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/east-africa-embassy-bomber-fazul-abdullah-killed-221807-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"‘East Africa embassy bomber Fazul Abdullah killed’"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, suspected of having played a key role in the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa, has been killed in Somalia, officials say.<\/p>\n

Unconfirmed reports say Mr Mohammed and another man were shot dead by Somali government troops early on Wednesday at a checkpoint in the capital, Mogadishu.<\/p>\n

One Somali security official said DNA tests confirmed Mr Mohammed had died.<\/p>\n

Mr Mohammed became the most wanted man in Africa after the 1998 attacks killed 224 people.<\/p>\n

The US authorities placed a $5m bounty on his head.<\/p>\n

‘Foreign passport’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Mohammed and a fellow militant were shot dead by Somali Transitional Federal Government forces at a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somali security officials told AFP and Reuters.<\/p>\n

"Our forces fired on two men who refused to stop at a roadblock. They tried to defend themselves when they were surrounded by our men," TFG commander Abdikarim Yusuf told AFP.<\/p>\n

"We took their ID documents, one of which was a foreign passport," he said, adding that medicine, mobile phones and laptops were also found.<\/p>\n

Somali sources told AFP that Mr Mohammed was carrying some $40,000 in cash and a South African passport bearing the name "Daniel Robinson".<\/p>\n

Later, an official at Somalia’s National Security Agency told AFP that DNA tests it had "confirmed by DNA tests carried out with our partners that it definitely was Fazul Abdullah".<\/p>\n

Halima Aden, a senior Somali national security officer, also confirmed that Mr Mohammed was killed at a checkpoint this week, and that he had a South African passport.<\/p>\n

There has been no confirmation from the US authorities, but one unnamed official told AFP there was "strong reason" to believe Mr Mohammed was dead.<\/p>\n

One source told AFP that the incident took place at about 0200 on Wednesday (2300 GMT on Tuesday) in the Afgooye corridor, a 20km-long strip of land north-west of Mogadishu.<\/p>\n

Photographs published by AFP showed the faces of the bodies.<\/p>\n

But a spokesman for the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia said the photos did not appear to resemble Mr Mohammed.<\/p>\n

Kenya’s Police Commissioner, Matthew Iteere, told reporters on Saturday that he had been told that "there were two terrorists who were killed in Somalia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

"They were identified as Fazul Mohammed and Ali Dere. That is what we have been told by our counterparts," he said.<\/p>\n

Born in the Comoros islands in the early 1970s, Mohammed is believed to have joined al-Qaeda in Afghanistan during the 1990s.<\/p>\n

After the bombings of the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1998, which killed 224 people, the US accused him of involvement and issued a $5m reward for information leading to capture.<\/p>\n

In 2002, Mohammed was reported to have been put in charge of al-Qaeda operations in East Africa. That year, he was blamed for the bombing of a beach resort in Kenya, which left 13 people dead, and an attempt to shoot down an Israeli passenger aircraft.<\/p>\n

In 2007, he survived a US air strike on the southern Somali coastal village of Hayo, near the town of Ras Kamboni.<\/p>\n

In recent years, Mr Mohammed is thought to have fought alongside members of the Somali Islamist militant group, al-Shabab, which declared allegiance to al-Qaeda in 2010.<\/p>\n

Al-Shabab controls much of southern Somalia and has been fighting government forces and African Union troops for control of Mogadishu. It said reports of Mr Mohammed’s death were untrue.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, suspected of having played a key role in the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa, has been killed in Somalia, officials say.<\/p>\n

Unconfirmed reports say Mr Mohammed and another man were shot dead by Somali government troops early on Wednesday at a checkpoint in the capital, Mogadishu.<\/p>\n

One Somali security official said DNA tests confirmed Mr Mohammed had died.<\/p>\n

Mr Mohammed became the most wanted man in Africa after the 1998 attacks killed 224 people.<\/p>\n

The US authorities placed a $5m bounty on his head.<\/p>\n

‘Foreign passport’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Mohammed and a fellow militant were shot dead by Somali Transitional Federal Government forces at a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somali security officials told AFP and Reuters.<\/p>\n

"Our forces fired on two men who refused to stop at a roadblock. They tried to defend themselves when they were surrounded by our men," TFG commander Abdikarim Yusuf told AFP.<\/p>\n

"We took their ID documents, one of which was a foreign passport," he said, adding that medicine, mobile phones and laptops were also found.<\/p>\n

Somali sources told AFP that Mr Mohammed was carrying some $40,000 in cash and a South African passport bearing the name "Daniel Robinson".<\/p>\n

Later, an official at Somalia’s National Security Agency told AFP that DNA tests it had "confirmed by DNA tests carried out with our partners that it definitely was Fazul Abdullah".<\/p>\n

Halima Aden, a senior Somali national security officer, also confirmed that Mr Mohammed was killed at a checkpoint this week, and that he had a South African passport.<\/p>\n

There has been no confirmation from the US authorities, but one unnamed official told AFP there was "strong reason" to believe Mr Mohammed was dead.<\/p>\n

One source told AFP that the incident took place at about 0200 on Wednesday (2300 GMT on Tuesday) in the Afgooye corridor, a 20km-long strip of land north-west of Mogadishu.<\/p>\n

Photographs published by AFP showed the faces of the bodies.<\/p>\n

But a spokesman for the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia said the photos did not appear to resemble Mr Mohammed.<\/p>\n

Kenya’s Police Commissioner, Matthew Iteere, told reporters on Saturday that he had been told that "there were two terrorists who were killed in Somalia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

"They were identified as Fazul Mohammed and Ali Dere. That is what we have been told by our counterparts," he said.<\/p>\n

Born in the Comoros islands in the early 1970s, Mohammed is believed to have joined al-Qaeda in Afghanistan during the 1990s.<\/p>\n

After the bombings of the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1998, which killed 224 people, the US accused him of involvement and issued a $5m reward for information leading to capture.<\/p>\n

In 2002, Mohammed was reported to have been put in charge of al-Qaeda operations in East Africa. That year, he was blamed for the bombing of a beach resort in Kenya, which left 13 people dead, and an attempt to shoot down an Israeli passenger aircraft.<\/p>\n

In 2007, he survived a US air strike on the southern Somali coastal village of Hayo, near the town of Ras Kamboni.<\/p>\n

In recent years, Mr Mohammed is thought to have fought alongside members of the Somali Islamist militant group, al-Shabab, which declared allegiance to al-Qaeda in 2010.<\/p>\n

Al-Shabab controls much of southern Somalia and has been fighting government forces and African Union troops for control of Mogadishu. It said reports of Mr Mohammed’s death were untrue.  <\/p>\n

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