Yasin Hassan Omar

Yasin Hassan Omar
Born (1983-01-01) 1 January 1983 (age 41)
Somalia
Arrested27 July 2005
Heybarnes Road, Small Heath, Birmingham
West Midlands Police
CitizenshipBritish, Somali
Other name(s) Yassen
Charge(s)Conspiracy to murder
Attempted murder
Possession of explosives
PenaltyLife imprisonment, with possibility of parole after forty years served
StatusIncarcerated

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]