Libya arrests wife of top former al-Qaida-linked leader

Published November 23, 2016

A Libyan anti-terrorism security force says authorities have arrested a wife of the one-eyed militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar, once considered the most dangerous man in the Sahara and formerly a top al-Qaida figure in North Africa.

Tuesday's statement from the force says one of Belmokhtar's wives, Asma Kadousi, was arrested on Saturday along with a female companion en route from the militant stronghold of Darna, an eastern city, where she gave birth to a baby. Kadousi was reportedly heading to the central province of Joufra.

The statement says Belmokhtar is believed to be in southern Libya.

Belmokhtar is linked to the 2013 attack on a Western-owned gas facility in Algeria that killed scores of hostages, including Americans. A U.S. drone strike last year failed to kill him in eastern Libya.

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