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New Delhi, Aug 2: Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al Qaeda, was killed by a drone strike, according to President Joe Biden, who spoke from the White House on Monday.
11 years after the US killed Osama bin Laden, Zawahiri, who recently turned 71, had continued to be a prominent international emblem of the organisation. He served as bin Laden’s personal physician at one point.
“I authorized a precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield, once and for all,” Biden said.
Zawahiri was killed in what a senior administration source described as “a precision tailored airstrike” using two Hellfire missiles while seeking refuge in central Kabul to reunite with his family, according to Biden. According to the official on Monday, Biden ordered the drone hit, which was carried out at 9:48 p.m. ET on Saturday, after many meetings with his cabinet and important advisers. No American personnel was present in Kabul at the time of the strike.
Following the US assassination of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has put the word ‘the deceased’ to the profile photo of the Al-Qaeda leader on their website.
FBI adds "deceased" to profile of Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri killed in US drone attack
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