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French forces say that Al-Qaeda chief Abdelmak Droukdel is killed in their operation. He was being hunted by the army for more than seven years. After his death, there is no immediate confirmation from his people.
Droukel was killed in an operation on Thursday near Algerian border. There was an Al-Queada group at the border with their bases where they carried out attacks on Westerners in the sub-Saharan, Sahel zone.
France Defence Minister Florence parly said on Friday “Many close associates" of Droukdel -- who commanded several l affiliate jihadist groups across the lawless region -- wer also “neutralized”
The Minister parly, wrote on twitter giving about Droukdel death "On June 3, French army forces, with the support of their local partners, killed the emir of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Abdelmalek Droukdel, and several of his closest collaborators, during an operation in northern Mali”
Minister Parly said earlier that more than 100 special forces from other European countries would be deployed to the region in support with French and regional troops and would target the remaining Al-Qaeda group.
Droukdel’s death was reported nearly after six months of a new plan launched of joining their military forces under one command as a whole to fight the linked groups of Al-Qeada and ISIL group. The emerging French forces is a strong plan made by French President Emmanuel Macron and the leaders of the G5 Sahel group - Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad.
The group of Al-Qaeda Islamic Maghreb raised in the 1990s by radical Algerian Islamists. The group pledged allegiance to Osama Bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda network.
The group is responsible for the serial attacks on troops and civilians across the Sahel. This Al-Qaeda group also killed 30 people in an attack in 2016 which targeted an upmarket hotel and restaurant in Bukina Faso.
From years to till death, he remained a threat in the region who was capable of supporting the jihadhist movements.
By Ramya C
