A U.S. lawmaker describes Belmoktar as one of the deadliest terrorists in North Africa . The United States has been trying to capture him for more than a year and is now considering whether he should be tried at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or transferred to another country. He was killed during clashes in northwestern Mali , Chadian armed forces spokesman Gen. Zacharia Goubongue said in a statement read on state-run television . He led a group associated with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb . Belmoktar had claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on an Algerian gas facility .
A U.S. lawmaker describes Belmoktar as one of the deadliest terrorists in North Africa . The United States has been trying to capture him for more than a year and is now considering whether he should be tried at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or transferred to another country. He led a group associated with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb . Belmoktar had claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on an Algerian gas facility .