ISLAMABAD: Banned terror group Harkat-ul Jehad-al Islami on Saturday confirmed the death of its commander Ilyas Kashmiri in a US drone strike, Pakistani TV channels reported.
HuJI spokesperson Abu Hanzala issued a statement in which it said it would take revenge from the US for Kashmiri's death, Dawn news and other channels reported.
The channels said they had received a fax message from HuJI confirming the 47-year-old Kashmiri's death.
The al-Qaida-linked terrorist was a key suspect in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
BBC Urdu had earlier reported that Kashmiri was among nine militants killed in a US drone strike in the South Waziristan tribal region.
The US drones targeted a location 20 km from Wana, one of the main towns in South Waziristan late Friday night.
A drone fired two missiles at the spot and two more missiles were fired after a short interval, local residents were quoted as saying by BBC Urdu.
The report said Kashmiri came to Wana from the Khyber tribal region 10 days ago and moved to the area where the drone strike was carried out last night.
Asked by media persons in Multan about reports of Kashmiri's death in the drone strike, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said, "I do not have any information now."