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Bin Laden's former bodyguard Nasser al-Bahri dies | Bin Laden's former bodyguard Nasser al-Bahri dies |
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Nasser al-Bahri - Osama Bin Laden's former bodyguard - has died, medical sources in Yemen have told the BBC. | |
They said Mr Bahri, a Yemeni national, passed away on Saturday in a hospital in the southern city of Mukalla. | |
Mr Bahri, also known as Abu Jandal, was also a driver for the late al-Qaeda leader, when he was in Afghanistan. | Mr Bahri, also known as Abu Jandal, was also a driver for the late al-Qaeda leader, when he was in Afghanistan. |
He was involved in Islamist militant attacks in Bosnia, Somalia and Afghanistan during the 1990s, but later renounced al-Qaeda. | |
In a 2010 interview to the BBC's Newsnight programme Mr Bahri warned that young people in his native Yemen were susceptible to the lure of extremism. | In a 2010 interview to the BBC's Newsnight programme Mr Bahri warned that young people in his native Yemen were susceptible to the lure of extremism. |
Mr Bahri, who is believed to have been in his 40s, passed away after a long illness, sources told the BBC. | |
Bin Laden was killed by US special forces in a raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May 2011. | Bin Laden was killed by US special forces in a raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May 2011. |
Correction 4 January 2016: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Nasser al-Bahri was a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay prison. |
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