11 June 2011 Last updated at 15:23 UK TIME BBC
Unconfirmed reports say Abdullah and another man were shot dead by Somali government troops early on Wednesday at a roadblock in the capital, Mogadishu.
DNA tests are believed to be under way to confirm the dead men's identities.
Abdullah became the most wanted man in Africa after more than 220 were killed and 5,000 hurt in the 1998 attacks.
The US FBI put a $5m bounty on his head.
In 2007, Abdullah survived a US air strike in southern Somalia
After the bombings of the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1998, which killed 224 people, the US accused him of involvement and issued a $5m reward for information leading to capture.
In 2002, Abdullah was believed to have been put in charge of al-Qaeda operations in East Africa. That year, he was blamed for the bombing of a beach resort in Kenya, which left 13 people dead, and an attempt to shoot down an Israeli passenger aircraft.
Another one bites the dust
Unconfirmed reports say Abdullah and another man were shot dead by Somali government troops early on Wednesday at a roadblock in the capital, Mogadishu.
DNA tests are believed to be under way to confirm the dead men's identities.
Abdullah became the most wanted man in Africa after more than 220 were killed and 5,000 hurt in the 1998 attacks.
The US FBI put a $5m bounty on his head.
In 2007, Abdullah survived a US air strike in southern Somalia
After the bombings of the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1998, which killed 224 people, the US accused him of involvement and issued a $5m reward for information leading to capture.
In 2002, Abdullah was believed to have been put in charge of al-Qaeda operations in East Africa. That year, he was blamed for the bombing of a beach resort in Kenya, which left 13 people dead, and an attempt to shoot down an Israeli passenger aircraft.
Another one bites the dust
