Recently, Asmatullah Shaheen, along with two others, was shot dead while driving through the village of Dargah Mandi near Miranshah in North Waziristan. Unknown attackers ambushed them by shooting their car. They died on the spot. After Hakimullah Mehsud was killed last year in a US drone strike, Shaheen took his spot briefly as the Pakistani Taliban interim leader. Since Mehsud's death in November, there have been many attacks by unidentified gunmen on militants in tribal areas. Who killed Shaheen is unclear, though. At the time of his death, he was on a Pakistani government's most wanted militants list, his reward being 10 million rupees ($95,000).
I wonder if this was a hard blow to the Pakistani Taliban. They might have been ready for it, though, considering that their last leader died in November. The guy who killed him is going to stay in hiding, probably, since he doesn't want the Taliban after him, because, if they found out who killed their leader, they would probably want revenge on his head.Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26323200
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