Jason Lewis and Sharon Churcher
UK Daily Mail
Sunday, Dec 27th, 2009
The former London student charged with attempting to
blow up a transatlantic airliner carrying 278 passengers was barred
from Britain, it has been revealed.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab finished an engineering course at the
University College London last year, but a fresh visa request was
refused in May after he applied for a bogus course, Whitehall sources
said.
The 23-year-old son of a wealthy Nigerian banker was charged in
hospital last night with attempting to destroy the aircraft during its
final approach to Detroit airport on Christmas Day, the US Justice
Department said.
Four weeks ago Abdulmutallab’s father told the U.S. embassy in
Abuja, Nigeria, that he was concerned about his son’s religious
beliefs. This information was passed on to U.S. intelligence officials.
The alleged bomber was also on a separate U.S. terror database, but
was not considered an immediate threat. His name was absent from
‘no-fly’ lists.
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