U.S. Embassy Bomber 'Killed'

The BBC reports:

Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, suspected of having played a key role in the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa, has been killed in Somalia, officials say.

Unconfirmed reports say Abdullah and another man were shot dead by Somali government troops early on Wednesday at a roadblock in the capital, Mogadishu.

DNA tests are believed to be under way to confirm the dead men's identities.

Abdullah became the most wanted man in Africa after more than 220 were killed and 5,000 hurt in the 1998 attacks.

The US FBI put a $5m bounty on his head.

Abdullah and a fellow militant were shot dead by Somali Transitional Federal Government forces at a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somali security officials told AFP and Reuters.

"Our forces fired on two men who refused to stop at a roadblock. They tried to defend themselves when they were surrounded by our men," TFG commander Abdikarim Yusuf told AFP.