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Abdullah al-Asiri
Al-Qaeda suicide bomber From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abdullah Hassan al-Asiri (Arabic: عبد الله حسن عسيري) (1986 – 27 August 2009) was a Saudi Arabian member of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.[1][2][3][4] His name is an ascription to the Asir Province of Saudi Arabia. He died in August 2009 while attempting to assassinate Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister of the Interior, Muhammad bin Nayef, with a suicide bomb.
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Al-Asiri was recruited into al-Qaeda by his older brother Ibrahim al-Asiri, and the two brothers visited Yemen in 2007.[1]
He was named on a Saudi list of most wanted terrorist suspects on 3 February 2009.[2][5]
In August 2009 he spoke to Muhammad bin Nayef and expressed a desire to surrender to the authorities as part of the country's terrorist rehabilitation program,[6][7][8] and they agreed to meet.[9] A few days later, on 27 August 2009 Asiri queued up at Muhammad bin Nayef's Jeddah palace as a "well-wisher," a tradition in the kingdom during Ramadan. Assisted by his older brother, Ibrahim al-Asiri, he had hidden a pound (about 0.45 kg) of PETN plastic explosives in his rectum and anal canal, described by security experts as a novel technique.[10][11] He exploded the bomb (perhaps with a mobile phone), killing himself, but only lightly injuring bin Nayef who was protected from the full force of the blast by Asiri's body.[12][13]
Asiri had passed through a metal detector and remained in the security of the Prince's bodyguards for over 24 hours before gaining the audience.[14] "I did not want him to be searched, but he surprised me by blowing himself up," said Muhammad bin Nayef.[15]
This was the first assassination attempt against a royal family member since 2003, when Saudi Arabia faced a sharp increase in al-Qaeda linked attacks.[16] A Yemeni, Rayed Abdullah Salem Al Harbi, assisted Asiri in preparing for his suicide mission.[17]
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