Rafik Yousef | |
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Born | Rafik Mohammad Yousef 27 August 1974 |
Died | 17 September 2015 | (aged 41)
Citizenship | Iraqi |
Organization | Ansar al-Islam |
Known for | Attempt to assassinate Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi |
Rafik Mohammad Yousef (27 August 1974 – 17 September 2015) was a Kurdish Islamist terrorist who was tried and convicted for plotting to assassinate the Prime Minister of Iraq during his visit to Germany in 2004, served time, and, after being released from prison, was shot and killed when he attacked a German police officer with a knife in Berlin on 17 September 2015.[1][2]