Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi

Al Qaeda leader responsible for Charlie Hebdo massacre killed

An Al Qaeda leader in the Arabian peninsula is dead, according to CBS news. The jihadist leader is the moral culprit who instigated the Charlie Hebdo massacre in paris.

 

Nasr al-Ansi was killed by a CIA drone strike on the 21st of April in Yemen.

 

Al-Ansi’s death was announced by Al Qaeda on a video published on the web.

 

Al-Qaeda in Yemen claims attack on France's Charlie Hebdo

Al-Qaeda in Yemen has claimed responsibility for the attack on Charlie Hebdo in a video posted online, saying it was "vengeance" for the French weekly's cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
      
Nasser al-Ansi, one of the chiefs of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), said the attack was ordered by Ayman al-Zawahiri, the jihadist network's global commander.