‘Deceased’: FBI adds caption to profile image of Ayman al-Zawahiri after terrorist leader killed by US
However, at the time of publishing, the details about the slain al-Qaeda chief on the agency's website were yet to be changed to past tense.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has added a caption that says ‘deceased’ under the profile picture of Ayman al-Zawahiri on its website, after the Al-Qaeda chief was killed by the US in a drone strike in Kabul, last Saturday, as confirmed by President Joe Biden on Monday (local time).
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This is how the FBI's profile picture of Zawahiri looked like, before his killing was confirmed:
However, it is to be noted that rest of the details on the slain 71-year-old terrorist had not been updated at the time of publishing, and talk about him in the present tense.
Al-Zawahiri, who was also a surgeon, was elevated as al-Qaeda's second 'General Emir’ after the terrorist group's founder and chief, Osama bin Laden, was killed by the US Navy Seals in an operation in Pakistan's Abbottabad in May 2011.
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Earlier, after reports emerged, citing senior officials, that the terrorist leader had been killed by the US, President Biden, in a national address, confirmed the development.
“On Saturday, at my direction, the United States successfully conducted an airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed the emir of al-Qaeda: Ayman al-Zawahiri. Justice has been delivered,” he said in a video address.
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The Democrat also said, among other things, that no civilian, including al-Zawahiri's family members, was harmed during the operation.
