He was killed in a raid in South Waziristan on Saturday, Pakistani army spokesman Asim Bajwal said on Twitter.
Shukrijumah, a senior commander, is thought to have served as one of the leaders of al Qaeda’s external operations program, according to the FBI, hatching plots to attack the West.
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He was indicted by New York authorities in 2010 over an alleged plot to have two men blow themselves up in the city’s subway system.
The FBI had placed a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture.
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