Leader of ISIS Branch in Algeria "Mokhtar Belmokhtar" has been killed in a US Airstrike in Libya (Good Riddance)

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“if you use violent, forceful, or underhanded methods against other people, you can expect those same methods to be used against you.”
An undated grab from a video obtained by ANI Mauritanian news agency reportedly shows Mokhtar Belmokhtar speaking at an undisclosed location (AFP Photo/)

Benghazi (Libya) (AFP) - Notorious Algerian jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar has been killed in a US airstrike in Libya, the strife-torn country's internationally recognised government said in a statement Sunday.

"American jets conducted an operation which resulted in the deaths of Mokhtar Belmokhtar and a group of Libyans belonging to a terrorist organisation in eastern Libya," said the statement which was posted on Facebook.

The announcement came after the Pentagon said the US military had carried out a strike on "an Al-Qaeda-associated terrorist" inside Libya.