டாக்டர் ஹனீபின் சொந்தக்கார பயங்கரவாதி கபீல் அஹமது இறந்தார்

கிளாஸ்கோ ஏர்போர்ட்டில் ஜீப் நிறைய வெடிமருந்துகளுடன் தற்கொலைப்படையாக தாக்கி எரிந்த கபீல் அஹமது தீவிர சிகிச்சைக்குப் பின்னரும் பலனளிக்காமல் உயிரிழந்தார்.



Glasgow airport terror suspect dies
By PETER STEBBINGS
Last updated at 11:00am on 3rd August 2007

Dead: Glasgow attack suspect Kafeel Ahmed had 'virtually no chance of surviving' 90 per cent burns to his body

The terror suspect being treated for severe burns following an attempted terror attack on Glasgow Airport died in hospital last night.

Kafeel Ahmed, 27, had third degree burns to 90 per cent of his body and virtually no chance of surviving, doctors said, and finally lost his fight for life last night.

He doused himself in petrol and set light to himself at the airport on June 30. He was suspected to have been the driver of the Jeep Cherokee that burst into flames as it was rammed into the airport terminal building.

Also known as Khalid Ahmed, he had been kept under armed guard at the hospital since the botched attack.

Fellow suspect in the jeep Bilal Abdullah, 27, an Iraqi doctor, was arrested and charged with conspiring to cause explosions "of a nature likely to endanger life or cause serious injury".

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Police wrestle Ahmed to the ground after the terror attack at Glasgow Airport

It was initially thought that Mr Ahmed, from Bangalore in India, was a medical doctor. However, it later emerged that he has a doctorate in aeronautical engineering and has studied at Queen's University in Belfast and Anglia Polytechnic University in Cambridge.

He is the elder brother of Dr Sabeel Ahmed, 26, from Liverpool, who has been charged with not disclosing information that could have helped police arrest a suspected terrorist.

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The airport in flames after the failed bomb attack

On 6 July, Iraqi doctor Bilal Talal Samad Abdullah was charged with conspiracy to cause explosions, first in London and later in Glasgow. He had been arrested at Glasgow Airport following the suspected failed car bombing there.

Mohammed Asha, 26, who lives in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, has been charged with conspiracy to cause explosions.

Dr Asha's wife was arrested and later released without charge.


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A spokesman for Strathclyde Police said: "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.

"The man died earlier this evening and the circumstances surrounding the death have been reported to the procurator fiscal."

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Forensics officers at the scene

Commenting on Mr Ahmed's death, a spokesman for the Scottish Executive said: "There has been some comment about the treatment provided for him by the NHS.

"It was perfectly right that he should have received the appropriate treatment our health service could offer as this reflects the value our society places on human life.

"The focus now should be on the criminal investigation that is under way."