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Glasgow Bomb Suspect Dies in Hospital

Brother of alleged attacker faces charges in botched airport attack

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 2, 2007 8:39 PM CDT

(Newser) – A man who cops say crashed a Jeep full of explosives into a Glasgow airport a month ago has died of his injuries, the AP reports. Kafeel Ahmed suffered critical burns during the attack and died without emerging from a subsequent coma at a local hospital. Police say he attacked the airport on June 30, the morning after two unsuccessful car bombings in London.

Two members of Ahmed’s family have also been arrested and charged in the attack. Ahmed’s brother Sabeel Ahmed faces trial after being charged with withholding information that could prevent an act of terrorism, and Ahmed’s cousin Mohamed Haneef was arrested and charged in Australia but released for lack of evidence. Jordanian doctor Mohammed Jamil Asha also faces charges in the attack.

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In this undated photo made available on Monday, July 9, 2007 by the tabloid Bangalore Mirror in Bangalore, India, shows Indian engineer Kafeel Ahmed. Indian investigators have seized a computer hard drive... (Associated Press)

The scene at Glasgow Airport in this image from video Saturday, June 30, 2007. Two men tried to ram a jeep with flames pouring from it into the main terminal of Glasgow airport Saturday, crashing into... (Associated Press)

An Indian Muslim waits for the afternoon prayers in Khudadaad Mosque as he looks at Kauser, the house of Kafeel Ahmed and his brother Sabeel Ahmed, in Bangalore, India, Monday, July 9, 2007. Indian investigators... (Associated Press)

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Glasgow Bomb Suspect Dies in Hospital