Syria: what do we know about suspected UK suicide bomber?

Abdul Waheed Majeed lived on Martyrs Avenue in former home of Sarah Payne killer Roy Whiting

Abdul Maheed Jaheed

THE British man suspected of carrying out a suicide bomb attack in Syria has been named as Abdul Waheed Majeed. The bomber drove a lorry packed with explosives through the walls of Aleppo prison last week, reportedly freeing hundreds of inmates.

Al-Nusra Front, a rebel group with links to al-Qaeda, named the bomber as Abu Suleiman al-Britani, which the BBC says is an alias for Majeed. Officials, however, are yet to confirm his identity, citing a lack of DNA evidence.

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