The leader of Al-Qaeda, the Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri, was killed in the night from Saturday to Sunday in Afghanistan by an American drone strike, American President Joe Biden announced on Monday live. He was considered the mastermind of the September 11 attacks.
“On Saturday, on my orders, the United States carried out an air strike on Kabul, Afghanistan, which killed the emir of Al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri”, announced the American president on Monday during a short speech from the White House. “Justice has been served and this terrorist leader is no more.” added Joe Biden. Considered the mastermind of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in the United States, Ayman al-Zawahiri was one of the most wanted terrorists in the world. He had taken the head of the jihadist nebula in 2011, after the death of Osama Bin Laden, killed by an American commando in Pakistan. The United States promised 25 million dollars for any information leading to its location.
His death will allow the families of victims killed on September 11, 2001 in the twin towers of the World Trade Center, in New York, and at the headquarters of the Pentagon near Washington, “to turn the page”, said the Democratic president. Saudi Arabia, for its part, welcomed “of the death of the terrorist leader of Al-Qaeda” responsible for “the planning and execution of heinous terrorist operations in the United States, Saudi Arabia and several other countries of the world”, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
