Nov 15.2020:Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, indicted in the United States for the 1998 bombings of its embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, was secretly killed in Iran in August, The New York Times reported on Friday.
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who was on the FBI’s list of most wanted terrorists, was shot and killed in Tehran by two Israeli operatives on a motorcycle at the behest of the United States, the newspaper said, citing confirmation from unnamed intelligence officials.
The attack, which took place on Aug 7 on the anniversary of the Africa bombings, has not been publicly acknowledged by the US, Iran, Israel or al-Qaeda.
