Ramzi Yousef

Ramzi Yousef رمزي يوسف
FBI photo of Ramzi Yousef.
Born	(1968-04-27) 27 April 1968 (age 48) Iraq or Kuwait or United Arab Emirates
Arrested	7 February 1995 Islamabad, Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence and Diplomatic Security Service
Citizenship	Pakistani
Detained at	ADX Florence, Colorado, U.S.
Alternate name	Abdul Basit Mahmoud Abdul Karim Ramzi Ahmed Yousef Ramzi Mohammed Yousef and many others
Charge(s)	Murder · Conspiracy to murder (found guilty of all charges)
Penalty	Life imprisonment with no possibility of parole plus 240 years
Status	Incarcerated at ADX Florence, Colorado
Parents	Mohammad Abdul Karim
Children	2

Ramzi Yousef (Arabic: رمزي يوسف‎‎ Ramzī Yūsuf; born 27 April 1968) is one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434, and a co-conspirator in the Bojinka plot. In 1995, he was arrested by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and U.S. Diplomatic Security Service at a guest house in Islamabad, Pakistan while trying to set a bomb in a baby doll, then extradited to the United States.

He was tried in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York along with two co-conspirators and was convicted of planning the Bojinka plot. He was sentenced to two life sentences for his part in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and Bojinka plot.

Yousef's maternal uncle is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, with whom he allegedly planned the Bojinka plot. Mohammed is a senior al-Qaeda member accused of being the principal architect of the September 11 attacks in 2001. Yousef is serving his life sentences at ADX Florence, located near Florence, Colorado.

The name "Ramzi Yousef" is believed to be an alias. The 9/11 Commission claimed that Yousef's real name is Abdul Basit Mahmoud Abdul Karim. He was born in Kuwait to his parents who were both from Pakistan. His father is Mohammed Abdul Karim from Balochistan, Pakistan. His mother is believed to be the sister of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.