Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Africa's most wanted al Qaeda operative and the mastermind behind the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, which killed 240 people, was killed during a shootout in Somalia.
A reward of $5 million was offered by the United States for information leading to the capture of Mohammad, who could speak five languages and was said to be a master of disguise.
Here are the exclusive pictures of the dreaded terrorist.
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Civilians look at the suspected body of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (L), one of Africa's most wanted al Qaeda operatives, and an unidentified colleague killed at a police checkpoint in Somalia's capital Mogadishu in this picture taken June 8, 2011. Somali police said on Saturday that Abdullah Mohammed, one of Africa's most wanted al Qaeda operatives, was killed in the capital of the Horn of Africa country earlier this week. Picture taken June 8, 2011.REUTERSCivilians look at the suspected body of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (L), one of Africa's most wanted al Qaeda operatives, and an unidentified colleague killed at a police checkpoint in Somalia's capital Mogadishu in this picture taken June 8, 2011. Somali police said on Saturday that Abdullah Mohammed, one of Africa's most wanted al Qaeda operatives, was killed in the capital of the Horn of Africa country earlier this week. Picture taken June 8, 2011.REUTERSA picture taken from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) website of their "Most Wanted Terrorists" shows Fazul Abdullah Mohammed. The U.S. State Department issued a travel warning for Kenya on May 15, 2003, citing a ocredible threat of terrorist attackso in East Africa, and Britain suspended all flights to and from Kenya on Thursday because of a threat of oglobal terrorist activity.o The flight ban came after KenyaAEs Security Ministry said Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, a suspected senior al Qaeda member believed to have been behind other attacks in Kenya, was spotted in neighbouring Somalia.REUTERS/FBI CRBA picture taken from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) website of their "Most Wanted Terrorists" shows Fazul Abdullah Mohammed. The U.S. State Department issued a travel warning for Kenya on May 15, 2003, citing a ocredible threat of terrorist attackso in East Africa, and Britain suspended all flights to and from Kenya on Thursday because of a threat of oglobal terrorist activity.o The flight ban came after KenyaAEs Security Ministry said Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, a suspected senior al Qaeda member believed to have been behind other attacks in Kenya, was spotted in neighbouring Somalia. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE.REUTERS/FBI CRBA picture taken from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) website of their "Most Wanted Terrorists" shows Fazul Abdullah Mohammed. The U.S. State Department issued a travel warning for Kenya on May 15, 2003, citing a credible threat of terrorist attacks in East Africa, and Britain suspended all flights to and from Kenya on Thursday because of a threat of global terrorist activity. The flight ban came after Kenya's Security Ministry said Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, a suspected senior al Qaeda member believed to have been behind other attacks in Kenya, was spotted in neighbouring Somalia.REUTERSMahfoudh Ashur Hemed and his wife Lutfiya Abubakar accused of assisting top al Qaeda operative Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (not in the picture) stand inside the law courts in the Kenyan Coastal city of Mombasa, August 4, 2008. Kenya charged three people on Monday with helping a top al Qaeda operative escape over the weekend, nearly 10 years after two U.S. embassy blasts he is accused of planning put the militant group on the world stage.REUTERS/Joseph Okanga- UNDATED FILE PHOTOS - showing the thirteen men listed as "most wanted terrorists" and released by [President George W. Bush] at FBI headquarters in Washington DC, Ocotber 10, 2001. The thirteen pictured here are wanted for the bombings of United States embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on August 7, 1998, which left more than 200 people dead. The men sought in connection with the bombings are: Osama bin Laden, Muhammed Atef, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil, Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, Anas Al-Liby, Saif Al-Adel, Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali and Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah.REUTERS
