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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. | 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 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 in the country by a Briton. | |
| 'Roy Whiting's house' | |
| An al-Qaeda-linked rebel group, the al-Nusra Front, had named Majid by an alias - Abu Suleiman al-Britani. | |
| People in Martyrs Avenue told the BBC that he left some weeks ago for Syria. | |
| One, Nita Bateman, said Roy Whiting, who murdered eight-year-old schoolgirl Sarah Payne in 2000 in West Sussex, lived in the house before Mr Majid. | |
| The BBC understands the suspected bomber was part of a study circle in Crawley, which also included Omar Khyam, a man jailed for life in 2007 for a bomb plot. | |
| It has been reported that hundreds of British nationals have travelled to Syria to fight against government forces. | |
| One in 10 are believed to be from Europe, with the majority thought to come from Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Libya. | |
| Activists claimed that 300 prisoners escaped as a result of the bomb attack on the prison, although the Syrian authorities have denied that. |