A US air strike in Yemen has reportedly killed Nasser al-Ansi, a
top militant of al-Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula.Site Intelligence, a US militant monitoring group, cites an Aqap statement as saying Ansi was killed in April in the port city of Mukalla.
There is no US confirmation. Ansi had appeared in a number of Aqap videos.
In one, he claimed the group was behind the attack on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in January in which 12 people were killed.
Site also said Ansi appeared in videos claiming Aqap was holding - and had then beheaded - the American journalist Luke Somers.
Mr Somers, and South African teacher Pierre Korkie, were killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen last December.
They died during a failed rescue bid by US and Yemeni special forces.
Site said Ansi's eldest son and other fighters also died in the air strike in Mukalla.
Source:BBC
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