Fayaz Kagzi

Fayaz Kagzi[1] (16 April 1982 – 4 July 2016) was an expert bomb maker and suicide bomber from Maharashtra, India.[2]

Initially recruited by the Students Islamic Movement of India (Indian Mujahideen), he later joined the Pakistani militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba along with Zabiuddin Ansari.[3] A native of Beed district in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, Kagzi was wanted in India for various terrorist offences including the 2006 Karnavati Express blast,[4] 2006 Aurangabad arms haul, 2010 German Bakery blast, 2012 Jangli Maharaj road serial blast[5] and fled to Pakistan in 2006.

He was reported dead on 4 July 2016 after detonating explosives near the US Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[6][3] A DNA test confirmed the identity of the bomber as Fayaz Kagzi who is suspected to have joined ISIS.[7]

References
  1. "Ansari,before he became Abu Jundal". The Indian Express. 26 June 2012.
  2. "Bombings focus attention on SIMI networks". The Hindu. 27 July 2008.
  3. "Top LeT man, wanted by Indian law enforcement agencies, behind July suicide bombing near Jeddah US Consulate". Dnaindia.com. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  4. "Ansari,before he became Abu Jundal". Indianexpress.com. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  5. "'Sleeper cells with Pak nationals waiting in the wings'". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  6. "Bomber killed, two policemen wounded in blast outside US consulate in Jeddah". Cnbc.com. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  7. "How DNA samples from a Beed family identified a suicide bomber in Saudi". Indianexpress.com. Retrieved 14 December 2018.



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