Yasin Hassan Omar | |
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Born | Somalia | 1 January 1983
Arrested | 27 July 2005 Heybarnes Road, Small Heath, Birmingham West Midlands Police |
Citizenship | British, Somali |
Other name(s) | Yassen |
Charge(s) | Conspiracy to murder Attempted murder Possession of explosives |
Penalty | Life imprisonment, with possibility of parole after forty years served |
Status | Incarcerated |
Yasin Hassan Omar (sometimes spelt Yassin; born 1 January 1983) is a British Somali convicted terrorist. Omar was arrested and tried for his involvement in the attempted 21 July attacks on London's public transport system. He was found guilty of attempting to detonate a device on the London Underground Victoria line tube train between Warren Street and Oxford Circus tube stations.[1] In August 2005 police gave his age as 24 after his arrest.[2]