Al Qaeda commander behind attack on Algerian gas plant that left 40 workers dead - including six Britons - killed by US airstrike in Libya

Al Qaeda commander behind attack on Algerian gas plant that left 40 workers dead - including six Britons - killed by US airstrike in Libya Mokhtar Belmokhtar, 43, and several others were probably killed after being targeted in an airstrike in eastern Libya, according to the country's government and US officials.