Accused al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Anas al-Libi dies in U.S. custody
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Source: CBC News (Canadian)
CBC News Posted: Jan 04, 2015 12:02 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 04, 2015 12:19 AM ET
A suspected al-Qaeda terrorist charged in the 1998 attacks on embassies in east Africa that killed more than 200 people has died in federal custody days before his trial was to start, a U.S. official said Saturday.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a court filing that Abu Anas al-Libi, who's also known as Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, died Friday in a local hospital from sudden complications "arising out of his long-standing medical problems."
Al-Libi, 50, had pleaded not guilty to charges he conspired in the simultaneous attacks on embassies in Tanzania and Kenya that killed 224 people, including a dozen Americans. His family and former associates denied he was ever a member of al-Qaeda.
His federal trial was to begin Jan. 12 in Manhattan.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/accused-al-qaeda-terrorist-abu-anas-al-libi-dies-in-u-s-custody-1.2889191
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