Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi — a senior commander in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula — is dead.

That’s according to an online video statement via AQAP, who have reported that the terrorist was killed by a United States drone strike.

No word yet on exactly when this occurred.

According to the SITE Intelligence group, al-Ansi was killed last month in the Yemeni city of al-Mukalla.

U.S. officials have confirmed that al-Ansi is dead, but wouldn’t concur that it was due to a drone.

The radical’s claim to fame is reading a statement while sporting an ugly, discolored beard after the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, claiming that he and his thugs were responsible.

More from CNN:

Twelve cartoonists, editors and other magazine staffers were killed by two gunmen on January 7. The attack was revenge for the magazine’s depictions of the Prophet Mohammed, al-Ansi said then.

He blamed not only Charlie Hebdo, but also France and the United States in his statement.

Al-Ansi urged all would-be jihadists to wage war at home, when possible, as opposed to traveling abroad.

“If he is capable to wage individual jihad in the Western countries that fight Islam — such as America, Britain, France, Canada and others of the countries that represent the head of disbelief in waging war against Islam … if he is capable of that, then that is better and more harmful,” said al-Ansi.

He continued: “But if that is impossible, and he is able to serve his brothers on the front lines, then let him immigrate, for it is better.”

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