El Sayyid Nosair | |
|---|---|
| سيد نصير | |
| Born | 16 November 1955 |
| Criminal status | Imprisoned in United States Penitentiary, Big Sandy in Inez, Kentucky[1] |
| Spouse | Karen Mills |
| Children | 3, including Zak Ebrahim |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
El Sayyid Nosair (born 16 November 1955) is a convicted terrorist, currently serving a life sentence.[2] An Egyptian-born American citizen, he assassinated Meir Kahane in 1990 in New York City, and was later convicted of involvement in the 1993 New York City landmark bomb plot. Nosair was acquitted in his initial trial on murder charges for the assassination of Kahane, but in his later trial was found to have committed the murder.[3][4]
In 1994, Nosair was convicted in federal court of nine counts, including seditious conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, attempted murder of a U.S. Postal Inspection Service officer, use of a firearm in the commission of a murder, use of a firearm during an attempted murder, and possession of a firearm. Nosair's murder of Kahane was one of the acts in the conspiracy for which he was convicted.