International Business Times :Abu Anas al-Libi, one of the most wanted members of Al Qaeda, who has been accused of masterminding one of al-Qaeda’s most devastating attacks in 1998, has died just days before he was due to stand trial for terrorism charges. The news of his death was confirmed by his wife, Umm Abdul Rahman, who said he had died following complications from surgery. He had been suffering from hepatitis C and advanced liver cancer.Al-Libi, 49, was once on the FBI’s most-wanted list with a $5m (£3.26m) bounty on his head, accused of orchestrating the 1998 bombing of foreign embassies in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, killing more than 220 people.He evaded capture until 5 October 2013, when he was seized by special forces in Libya and transported for trial in the US. Aal-LIbi, whose real name is Nazih ‘Abd al-Hamid al-Ruqai’i, was set to face terrorism offences, including for his alleged involvement in the 1998 East Africa embassy bombings.
