US confirms Mehsud's death, removes him from most wanted list

November 12, 2013 22:58

The US has confirmed the death of Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud and removed his name from the FBI's list of "most wanted terrorists".

Mehsud was killed in a US drone attack on November 1. For days, the US refrained from confirming the killing of Mehsud, one of the most wanted terrorists of the world.

A self-proclaimed emir of the Pakistani Taliban, Mehsud was wanted in connection with his involvement in the murder of seven and injury of six American citizens on December 30, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost, Afghanistan.

The explosion occurred after a suicide bomber entered the military base and detonated a device that was hidden under his clothing.

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