On June 30th this year a Jeep loaded with explosives was deliberately crashed into the departures lounge at Glasgow Airport.
Today the man responsible, Kafeel Ahmed died from serious burn injuries. He had been in hospital for a month whereas his partner in crime Bilal Abdullah has been charged with conspiring to set off explosive materials.
"We can confirm that the man seriously injured during the course of the incident at Glasgow Airport on Saturday June 30 has died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary," said a spokesman for Strathclyde Police.
Ahmed originally from Bangalore had been burnt on 90% of his body; he never came round from his coma and was kept under armed guard.
His brother Sabeel Ahmed has also been arrested in Liverpool charged with withholding information that could have prevented an act of terrorism. Another doctor Jamil Asha is the third man also being charged with the failed plot.
As with all the suspects in this case, Kafeel was working as a medical worker yet Indian officials have contradicted this saying he was an engineer with a doctorate in design and technology.
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Friday, 3 August 2007
Thursday, 5 July 2007
Attack on Glasgow Airport - Houses searched.
After the shocking events from the weekend with a car being driven into the arrivals terminal at Glasgow Airport, police have been searching many properties in the hope of finding anything connected with the terrorist activity.
A Cambridge address has been searched following failed car bomb explosions in both Glasgow and London.
The exact address has not been revealed.
To date eight people have been arrested and all are linked with the NHS, it is believed that four of them already know each other from Cambridge.
Shiraz Maher an associate of one of those arrested said:
“Dr Kafeel Ahmed and Dr Bilal Abdullah, both arrested at Glasgow airport after a burning car was driven into doors of main terminal, were "best mates"”
Hicham Kwieder who is secretary of the Cambridge Muslim Welfare Society said that he knows and saw Dr Abdullah about a year ago.
“ I talked to him, like many other people. He was a nice person. I knew him as someone who attended our mosque. I met him after the invasion [of Iraq]. He felt pain that the country was divided and people were fighting each other.
I recognised his photograph in the paper. I was shocked. Whatever information we have will be passed on to the police. We're helping police with their inquiries."
The Society later said that police had not actually searched the premises.
Dr Ahmed was a research student in the science technology department at Anglia Ruskin University. A spokeswoman said:
"We are aware of media speculation about possible links between recent events at Glasgow Airport and one of our research students.
We are co-operating fully with the police in their inquiries. At this time identities are still unclear and it would therefore be inappropriate to comment further.”
Dr Ahmed’s brother was also arrested along with Dr Mohammed Asha and his wife. All currently working at hospitals in the country.
A Cambridge address has been searched following failed car bomb explosions in both Glasgow and London.
The exact address has not been revealed.
To date eight people have been arrested and all are linked with the NHS, it is believed that four of them already know each other from Cambridge.
Shiraz Maher an associate of one of those arrested said:
“Dr Kafeel Ahmed and Dr Bilal Abdullah, both arrested at Glasgow airport after a burning car was driven into doors of main terminal, were "best mates"”
Hicham Kwieder who is secretary of the Cambridge Muslim Welfare Society said that he knows and saw Dr Abdullah about a year ago.
“ I talked to him, like many other people. He was a nice person. I knew him as someone who attended our mosque. I met him after the invasion [of Iraq]. He felt pain that the country was divided and people were fighting each other.
I recognised his photograph in the paper. I was shocked. Whatever information we have will be passed on to the police. We're helping police with their inquiries."
The Society later said that police had not actually searched the premises.
Dr Ahmed was a research student in the science technology department at Anglia Ruskin University. A spokeswoman said:
"We are aware of media speculation about possible links between recent events at Glasgow Airport and one of our research students.
We are co-operating fully with the police in their inquiries. At this time identities are still unclear and it would therefore be inappropriate to comment further.”
Dr Ahmed’s brother was also arrested along with Dr Mohammed Asha and his wife. All currently working at hospitals in the country.
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