Abdulaziz al-Omari | |
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عبد العزيز العمري | |
.jpg) Al-Omari's FBI photo, 2001 | |
| Born | Abdulaziz al-Omari 28 May 1979 Aseer, Saudi Arabia |
| Died | 11 September 2001 (aged 22) North Tower, New York City, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Suicide by plane crash (September 11 attacks) |
| Nationality | Saudi |
Abdulaziz al-Omari (Arabic: عبد العزيز العُمري, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-ʿUmarī, also transliterated as Alomari or al-Umari; 28 May 1979 – 11 September 2001) was a Saudi imam and terrorist who was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Prior to the attacks, al-Omari was an imam at his mosque in Saudi Arabia's al-Qassim province. He arrived in the United States in June 2001 on a tourist visa, obtained through the Visa Express program. On September 11, 2001, al-Omari boarded American Airlines Flight 11 and assisted in the hijacking of the plane, which was crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, as part of the coordinated attacks.