East Africa Al Qaeda head killed in Somalia

The security services in Somalia say they have killed the man believed to be the head of Al Qaeda in East Africa. The U.S. had offered a five million dollar reward for information leading to the capture of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, who is said to have planned the 1998 U.S. Embassy attacks in Kenya and Tanzania. East Africa Al Qaeda head killed in Somalia Police say he was shot during an altercation at a checkpoint in southern Mogadishu. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters in Tanzania: "His death is a significant blow to Al Qaeda, its extremist allies, and its operations in East Africa." "It is a just end for a terrorist who brought so much death and pain to so many innocents in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam and elsewhere - Tanzanians, Kenyans, Somalis, and our own embassy personnel," she added. 240 people died and many more were wounded in the attacks on the U.S. Embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, which were the first to really bring Al Qaeda to international prominence. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed

East Africa Al Qaeda head killed in Somalia

Police say he was shot during an altercation at a checkpoint in southern Mogadishu.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters in Tanzania: "His death is a significant blow to Al Qaeda, its extremist allies, and its operations in East Africa."

"It is a just end for a terrorist who brought so much death and pain to so many innocents in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam and elsewhere - Tanzanians, Kenyans, Somalis, and our own embassy personnel," she added.

240 people died and many more were wounded in the attacks on the U.S. Embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, which were the first to really bring Al Qaeda to international prominence.