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Glasgow Airport attack man dies | |
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A badly burned man detained after the suspected terror attack at Glasgow Airport has died in a Glasgow hospital. | |
Kafeel Ahmed was one of two men held at the airport after a Jeep struck the terminal and burst into flames. | |
The 27-year-old, from Bangalore, India, had suffered burns to 90% of his body when he was arrested. | |
The second man in the vehicle - Iraqi doctor Bilal Talal Samad Abdullah - has since been charged with conspiracy to cause explosions. | |
The circumstances surrounding the death have been reported to the procurator fiscal. | |
Armed guard | |
The man died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary on Thursday evening. He had been transferred to the specialist burns unit there from the Royal Alexandra Hospital, in Paisley. | |
He was being kept under armed guard and had been described by health officials as being in a critical condition. | He was being kept under armed guard and had been described by health officials as being in a critical condition. |
Contrary to earlier reports, Ahmed was not a medic but an engineer with a PhD in design and technology. | Contrary to earlier reports, Ahmed was not a medic but an engineer with a PhD in design and technology. |
Images of Ahmed being detained at Glasgow Airport have been shown around the world. | Images of Ahmed being detained at Glasgow Airport have been shown around the world. |
Passengers used their cameras and mobile phones to record how an off-duty policeman used a fire extinguisher to try to save the terror suspect after he drove a second-hand Jeep packed with propane gas canisters into a doorway. | Passengers used their cameras and mobile phones to record how an off-duty policeman used a fire extinguisher to try to save the terror suspect after he drove a second-hand Jeep packed with propane gas canisters into a doorway. |
The airport incident took place on 30 June | |
Ahmed studied at Queen's University in Belfast where he completed a post-graduate course in aeronautical engineering in 2001. | Ahmed studied at Queen's University in Belfast where he completed a post-graduate course in aeronautical engineering in 2001. |
He stayed in the city for a further three years as a research assistant. | He stayed in the city for a further three years as a research assistant. |
Ahmed studied for his PhD in the department of design and technology at Anglia Polytechnic University (now called Anglia Ruskin University) in Cambridge. | |
The incident at Glasgow Airport has resulted in Bilal Talal Samad Abdullah being charged with conspiracy to cause explosions. | |
Ahmed's brother Dr Sabeel Ahmed, who was arrested near Liverpool's Lime Street station on 30 June, has also been charged under the Terrorism Act. | |
The 26-year-old is accused of not disclosing information that could have helped police arrest a suspected terrorist. | |
Another doctor has also been charged in connection with the Glasgow attack and the two earlier failed car bombings in London. | |
Ahmed studied for his PhD in the department of design and technology at Anglia Polytechnic University (now called Anglia Ruskin University) in Cambridge. | Ahmed studied for his PhD in the department of design and technology at Anglia Polytechnic University (now called Anglia Ruskin University) in Cambridge. |
The incident at Glasgow Airport has resulted in the second man in the Jeep, Bilal Talal Samad Abdullah, being charged with conspiracy to cause explosions. | The incident at Glasgow Airport has resulted in the second man in the Jeep, Bilal Talal Samad Abdullah, being charged with conspiracy to cause explosions. |
Ahmed's brother Dr Sabeel Ahmed, who was arrested near Liverpool's Lime Street station on 30 June, has also been charged under the Terrorism Act. | Ahmed's brother Dr Sabeel Ahmed, who was arrested near Liverpool's Lime Street station on 30 June, has also been charged under the Terrorism Act. |
The 26-year-old is accused of not disclosing information that could have helped police arrest a suspected terrorist. | The 26-year-old is accused of not disclosing information that could have helped police arrest a suspected terrorist. |
Another doctor has also been charged in connection with the Glasgow attack and the two earlier failed car bombings in London. | Another doctor has also been charged in connection with the Glasgow attack and the two earlier failed car bombings in London. |