Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Al Qaeda commander
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Place of Birth: Illizi Province, Algeria
About Abdelhamid Abou Zeid
- Abdelhamid Abou Zeid (born Mohamed Ghadir; 1965 – 25 February 2013) was an Algerian national and Islamist jihadi militant and smuggler who, in about 2010, became one of the top three military commanders of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a Mali-based militant organization.
- He competed as the chief rival of Mokhtar Belmokhtar, an Algerian national who had become the major commander in AQIM and later head of his own group.
- Both gained wealth and power by kidnapping and ransoming European nationals.
- After taking control of Timbuktu in 2012, Abou Zeid established sharia law and destroyed Sufi shrines. Abou Zeid was killed by French and Chadian troops on 25 February 2013 in fighting in Northern Mali.
- On 23 March, Zeid's death was "definitively confirmed" by the French president's office.
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