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UK suicide bomber in Syria named as Abdul Waheed Majid | UK suicide bomber in Syria named as Abdul Waheed Majid |
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A British man thought to have carried out a suicide bombing in Syria last week was Abdul Waheed Majid, the BBC has learned. | A British man thought to have carried out a suicide bombing in Syria last week was Abdul Waheed Majid, the BBC has learned. |
The 41-year-old from Crawley, in West Sussex, is believed to have carried out a suicide truck bombing in the city of Aleppo last Thursday. | The 41-year-old from Crawley, in West Sussex, is believed to have carried out a suicide truck bombing in the city of Aleppo last Thursday. |
Officials have not confirmed his identity, citing lack of DNA evidence. | Officials have not confirmed his identity, citing lack of DNA evidence. |
Anti-terror police are searching a house in Martyrs Avenue, Langley Green, as part of the investigation. | |
The suspect is believed to have been responsible for a bomb attack at a prison in Aleppo which resulted in inmates escaping. | |
The bombing, in the north of Syria, is thought to have been the first to be carried out by a Briton. | |
An al-Qaeda-linked rebel group, the al-Nusra Front, had named him by an alias - Abu Suleiman al-Britani. |