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Bin Laden brother-in-law shot dead

From correspondents in Dubai

January 31, 2007 06:38pm
Article from: Reuters

UNIDENTIFIED gunmen shot and killed a brother-in-law of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a raid on his home in Madagascar, his brother has said.

Malek Khalifa told Dubai-based Al Arabiya television that the aim of the killers appeared to have been to rob his brother, Jamal Khalifa, who mined and traded precious stones in Madagascar.

Mr Khalifa said a gang of 20 to 30 gunmen broke into his brother's bedroom, shot him dead "in cold blood" and stole his belongings.

Arabiya said the businessman was staying at a precious stones mine he owned in Madagascar when he was killed.

"We still don't have a complete picture of the incident," Mr Khalifa said from Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port of Jeddah.

"I don't think it was politically motivated," he added.

Jamal Khalifa was alleged to have helped finance the Islamist militant Abu Sayyaf group in the Philippines.

But Mr Khalifa denied his brother was involved in political activity, and said that apart from family ties, Jamal Khalifa had no links to bin Laden, who has been stripped of his Saudi citizenship.

Mr Khalifa said the Saudi authorities had been informed of the killing.

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Orton

Excuse me while I pretend to believe this.

jalapeno_wildchild

i bet anything it was politically motivated