Fazul Abdul Mohammed
| Fazul Abdullah Mohammed | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Abdallah Mohammed Fazul Abu Seif al-Sudani Abu Aish Abu Fadl al-Qamari Abu Luqman Fadel Abdallah Mohammed Ali Fouad Mohammed Haru Al-Qamar Abdulkarim Harun Fazul Fadhil Harun Harun Yaqoub al-Dusari |
| Born |
c. 1974 Moroni, Comoros |
| Died | 8 June 2011 (aged 36) Mogadishu, Benadir, Somalia |
| Buried at | Mogadishu, Benadir, Somalia |
| Allegiance |
 Al-Qaeda  Al-Shabaab
|
| Service/branch |
Al-Qaeda Actions in East Africa |
| Years of service | 1990–2011 |
| Commands held | Head of Al-Qaeda Actions in East Africa and Al-Shabaab's top military commander |
| Battles/wars | War in Somalia Battle of Ras Kamboni War in Somalia (2009–) |
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (Arabic: فاضل عبدالله محمد) (25 August 1972, 25 February 1974, or 25 December 1974 – 8 June 2011), also known as Fadil Harun, was a member of al-Qaeda, and the leader of its presence in East Africa. Mohammed was born in Moroni, Comoros Islands and had Kenyan as well as Comorian citizenship. He spoke French, Swahili, Arabic, English, and Comorian.
Mohammed and a number of others were under indictment in the United States for their alleged participation in the 1998 United States embassy bombings in East Africa. He was searched with an Interpol arrest warrant since 1998. Mohammed was on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists since its inception on 10 October 2001. The reward for finding Mohammed was US$5 million.
In Kenya, Mohammed was once the secretary of, and lived in the same house as, Wadih el-Hage. El-Hage was indicted with Mohammed, and has been convicted. A letter to el-Hage, thought to be from Mohammed, was exhibited at el-Hage's trial.
Mohammed spent time in Mogadishu planning a truck bombing against a United Nations establishment there, and was in the city on 3 October 1993, when Somali gunmen brought down two American helicopters and killed 18 U.S. special operations soldiers.
Mohammed is suspected in Kenya of involvement in two attacks in Mombasa on November 26, 2002. One was the truck bombing of Paradise Hotel, in which 15 were killed. The other was the launch of two shoulder-fired missiles at an Israeli airliner on takeoff; the missiles missed and there were no casualties.
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