Fazul Abdullah, the presumed head of al Qaeda in east Africa, has been killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu.The terror chief was wanted by America for allegedly planning in the US embassy truck bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in 1998 which killed 224 people.
Kenya's police chief confirmed Abdullah was killed on Wednesday - confirming a report from Somali Islamist Shebab rebels.
"We have received that communication from authorities in Somalia," Kenyan Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere said.
"We have been told that there were two snuffies who were killed in Somalia on Wednesday last week."
Officials with the Somali Transitional Government (TFG) said the terrorist pair were killed at a roadblock on the outskirts of Mogadishu after "they refused to stop".
The men were travelling in a pick-up truck carrying medicine, laptops and mobile phones.