Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
| Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab | |
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| Born |
December 22, 1986 Lagos, Nigeria |
| Other names | Umar Abdul Mutallab, Omar Farooq al-Nigeri |
| Occupation | Engineer, (University College London) |
| Criminal charge | Pleaded guilty to the attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, the attempted murder of 289 people, the attempted destruction of a civilian aircraft, placing a destructive device on an aircraft, and possession of explosives |
| Criminal penalty | 4 life terms plus 50 years |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX, near Florence, Colorado. |
| Parent(s) | Alhaji Umaru Mutallab (father)(Nigerian) and Aisha (mother)(Yemeni) |
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (Arabic: عمر فاروق عبد المطلب ; also known as Umar Abdul Mutallab and Omar Farooq al-Nigeri; born December 22, 1986) popularly referred to as the "Underwear Bomber", is a Nigerian man who, at the age of 23, confessed to and was convicted of attempting to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear while on board Northwest Airlines Flight 253, en route from Amsterdam to Detroit, Michigan, on Christmas Day, 2009.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed to have organised the attack with Abdulmutallab; they said they supplied him with the bomb and trained him. Connections to Al-Qaeda and Anwar al-Awlaki have been found, although the latter denied ordering the man to do the bombing.
Abdulmutallab was convicted in a U.S. federal court of eight criminal counts, including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted murder of 289 people. On February 16, 2012, he was sentenced to 4 life terms plus 50 years without parole. He is currently incarcerated at ADX Florence, the supermax federal prison in Colorado.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is the youngest of 16 children of Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, a wealthy Nigerian banker and businessman, and is a son of his second wife, Aisha. The father was described by The Times in 2009 as being "one of the richest men in Africa." He is a former Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria and former Nigerian Federal Commissioner for Economic Development.
The family comes from Funtua in Katsina State. Abdulmutallab was raised initially in an affluent neighbourhood of Kaduna, in Nigeria's north, and at the family home in Nairobi, Kenya. He attended the Essence International School in Kaduna as a young child. He also took classes at the Rabiatu Mutallib Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, which had been named for his grandfather, at that time. He also attended the The British School of Lomé, Togo. Considered a gifted student, he also enjoyed playing PlayStation and basketball. Abdulmutallab studied at University College London in September 2005, where he studied Engineering and Business Finance, and earned a degree in mechanical engineering in June 2008.
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