Ramzi Mohammed

A Somali National, Ramzi Mohammed ( _ar. رمزي محم) is a convicted bomber in the attempted London bombing of July 21st 2005.

Ramzi is currently serving 40 years for conspiracy to murder on the Oval tube station train. He was arrested sharing an apartment with Muktar Said Ibrahim on 29 July 2005, amid allegations that he was the so-called 'bus bomber' [ [http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=151120006&p=y5yyzx7yz IOL | Police arrest fifth London bomb suspect ] ] . During the arrest, which reportedly culminated in Ramzi and Ibrahim standing near-naked on their balcony to avoid tear gas that police had used [http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,368492,00.html] , Ramzi is reported to have repeatedly shouted "I have rights, I have rights!" to the media covering the event.

Later, it was discovered that Ramzi had tried to have the local imam at Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre in North Kensington removed over religious disagreements. [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1715191,00.html Bombing suspect tried to have moderate imam sacked - Sunday Times - Times Online ] ] Together with his brother Whabi Mohammad, Ramzi used to set up a table with Islamic literature at local football games. [ [http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/08/04/possible_suspect_described_as_a_devout_dreamer/ Possible suspect described as a devout dreamer - The Boston Globe ] ]

His brother Whabi Mohammad was also arrested in a separate raid outside Notting Hill [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/30/nbomb30.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/07/30/ixnewstop.html News - Telegraph ] ]

In February 2007 he stood trial along with 5 others for his part in the bombings [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2007/21_july_trial/default.stm BBC NEWS | Special Reports | 21 July trial ] ] . On the 24th of January, the court released dramatic video of Ramzi Mohammed attempting to detonate his device. After failing, the carriage quickly emptied, apart from one man who stayed behind to reason with him, an off-duty fireman named Angus Campbell. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6291943.stm BBC NEWS | UK | Court shown dramatic 21 July film ] ]

On 9 July 2007 Ramzi Mohammed was found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court of conspiracy to murder. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6284350.stm BBC NEWS | UK | Four guilty over 21/7 bomb plot ] ]

See also

*Muktar Said Ibrahim
*Yasin Hassan Omar
*Osman Hussain
*Manfo Kwaku Asiedu
*Adel Yahya
*Arthur Burton-Garbett

References

External links

* [http://atvs.vg.no/?id=7311&url= Film-clip used as evidence.] ; After an unsuccessful detonation Ramzi Mohammed are in discussion with the fireman Angus Campbell. ESD are pulled and he manages to escape from the people trying to catch him at the Oval station. He was later arrested.
* [mms://wm.bbc.co.uk/news/media/avdb/news/video/75000/nb/75314_16x9_nb.wmv BBC] ; Report BBC News