Ali Jaleel | |
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Born | 1979 |
Died | 27 May 2009 (aged 30) |
Nationality | Maldives |
Other names | Musab Sayyid |
Known for | Terrorism |
Ali Jaleel (1979–2009) was a citizen of the Maldives who is reported to have died as a suicide bomber. [1] [2] [3] He is reported[ by whom?] to have attacked the Inter-Service Intelligence Directorate headquarters in Lahore, Pakistan on 27 May 2009.
Pakistani accounts from the time of the attack say the three attackers who were killed, were unidentified. [4] Subsequently, a martyr video, and an interview established Ali Jaleel was one of the bombers. [5]
Ali Jaleel, and two other Maldive citizens were captured in 2006, on suspicion they were attempting to travel to Pakistan for underground military training. [6] He was convicted of preaching without a license in December 2006. [5] He was sentenced to two years house arrest on December 26, 2006. According to Haveeru Online, he violated his house arrest and was sentenced to four months of banishment on February 8, 2008.
On 8 November 2008, the Al Qaeda showed a video clip (available in YouTube- even some Maldivian media carried it) of a Maldivian national who reportedly killed himself in a suicide attack. The person - Ali Jaleel aged 30 of male said that he would wage jihad and die as a martyr.
A member of Jaleel's family said that they had heard rumours about his death but that the video had "further confirmed" it. The family member said that Jaleel's family did not want to say too much on the matter.
And, in 2006, Male residents Ali Jaleel, Fatimah Nasreen, and Aishath Raushan were arrested for preparing to go to Pakistan to receive jihad training.
Ali Jaleel | |
---|---|
Born | 1979 |
Died | 27 May 2009 (aged 30) |
Nationality | Maldives |
Other names | Musab Sayyid |
Known for | Terrorism |
Ali Jaleel (1979–2009) was a citizen of the Maldives who is reported to have died as a suicide bomber. [1] [2] [3] He is reported[ by whom?] to have attacked the Inter-Service Intelligence Directorate headquarters in Lahore, Pakistan on 27 May 2009.
Pakistani accounts from the time of the attack say the three attackers who were killed, were unidentified. [4] Subsequently, a martyr video, and an interview established Ali Jaleel was one of the bombers. [5]
Ali Jaleel, and two other Maldive citizens were captured in 2006, on suspicion they were attempting to travel to Pakistan for underground military training. [6] He was convicted of preaching without a license in December 2006. [5] He was sentenced to two years house arrest on December 26, 2006. According to Haveeru Online, he violated his house arrest and was sentenced to four months of banishment on February 8, 2008.
On 8 November 2008, the Al Qaeda showed a video clip (available in YouTube- even some Maldivian media carried it) of a Maldivian national who reportedly killed himself in a suicide attack. The person - Ali Jaleel aged 30 of male said that he would wage jihad and die as a martyr.
A member of Jaleel's family said that they had heard rumours about his death but that the video had "further confirmed" it. The family member said that Jaleel's family did not want to say too much on the matter.
And, in 2006, Male residents Ali Jaleel, Fatimah Nasreen, and Aishath Raushan were arrested for preparing to go to Pakistan to receive jihad training.