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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (Arabic: عمر فاروق عبد المطلب; also known as Umar Abdul Mutallab and Omar Farooq al-Nigeri; born 22 December 1986) [3] [4] popularly referred to as the "Underwear Bomber" or "Christmas Bomber", [5] is a Nigerian terrorist who attempted to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear while on board Northwest Airlines Flight 253, en route from ...
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the convicted bomber. The perpetrator of the attack was Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian born into a wealthy-class family. [33] [42] Abdulmutallab was raised in Kaduna, in Nigeria's Muslim-dominated north, a place he returned to on his vacations. [43] [44]
His son, [4] Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (the Christmas bomber) attempted to detonate plastic explosives aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on 25 December 2009 and is currently serving four life term sentences plus 50 years without parole at ADX Florence, a supermax federal prison in the United States.
On December 25, 2009, Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (whose mother is from Yemen) [6] allegedly tried to set off a suicide bomb on Northwest Airlines Flight 253.By December 27, 2009, responding to rumors that Abdulmutallab had confessed to being trained and equipped in Yemen, various American politicians, including Joe Lieberman, Pete Hoekstra, Peter T. King and Bennie Thompson, called for ...
Shortly after the arrest of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in the December 25, 2009, following an attempted bombing on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, the suspect reportedly told officials he had traveled to Yemen for training by Al-Qaeda, although British counterterrorism officials dismissed the claims. [26]
[14] [15] Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano praised the air marshals, who had been deployed in greater numbers following the attempted in-air bombing by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on December 25, 2009. [16] Felony charges would be applicable for non-diplomats. [17]
Farouk Abdulhak is the only suspect in the rape and murder of Martine Vik Magnussen, 23, who was found dead in the basement of his flat on Great Portland Street, Marylebone in March 2008.
Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to detonate an explosive on an aircraft en route from Amsterdam to Detroit. The suspect set himself on fire until he was extinguished and overpowered by two passengers. The aircraft landed safely in Detroit with the only injuries reported to be the suspect and two others. [43] December 28 43 60