Fayaz Kagzi[1] (16 April 1982 – 4 July 2016) was an expert bomb maker and suicide bomber from Maharashtra, India.[2]
Initially recruited by the Students Islamic Movement of India (Indian Mujahideen), he later joined the Pakistani militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba along with Zabiuddin Ansari.[3] A native of Beed district in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, Kagzi was wanted in India for various terrorist offences including the 2006 Karnavati Express blast,[4] 2006 Aurangabad arms haul, 2010 German Bakery blast, 2012 Jangli Maharaj road serial blast[5] and fled to Pakistan in 2006.
He was reported dead on 4 July 2016 after detonating explosives near the US Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[6][3] A DNA test confirmed the identity of the bomber as Fayaz Kagzi who is suspected to have joined ISIS.[7]
References
- ↑ Ansari,before he became Abu Jundal. The Indian Express(26 June 2012).
- ↑ Bombings focus attention on SIMI networks. The Hindu(27 July 2008).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Top LeT man, wanted by Indian law enforcement agencies, behind July suicide bombing near Jeddah US Consulate. Dnaindia.com(2016-08-12).
- ↑ Ansari,before he became Abu Jundal. Indianexpress.com.
- ↑ 'Sleeper cells with Pak nationals waiting in the wings'. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com(2013-02-23).
- ↑ Bomber killed, two policemen wounded in blast outside US consulate in Jeddah. Cnbc.com(2016-07-04).
- ↑ How DNA samples from a Beed family identified a suicide bomber in Saudi. Indianexpress.com.