Al-Qaeda leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar ‘killed in Mali’: Mastermind behind Algerian hostage crisis shot dead

Al-Qaeda leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar was killed by Chadian soldiers in Mali, today Chad’s armed forces say. His death was announced on Chadian state television but has not been confirmed by other sources.
The veteran Al-Qaeda leader said to have ordered January’s attack on an Algerian gas plant where 37 hostages were killed.