Mohammed through was an elusive and talented bombmaker . U.S. officials confirmed it was Al-Shabaab DNA tests . Fazul Abdullah Mohammed figure appears to have been a strike early in 2007 on a coastal village close to the Kenyan border . Musa Dheere was also killed , jihadists officials say . Expert says their deaths `` removed the top two of the al Qaeda network 's explosives expertise '' in the region .
Mohammed through was an elusive and talented bombmaker . U.S. officials confirmed it was Al-Shabaab DNA tests . Fazul Abdullah Mohammed figure Musa Dheere was also killed , jihadists officials say . Expert says their deaths `` removed the top two of the al Qaeda network 's explosives expertise '' in the region .