New York bomb plot mastermind Omar Abdel Rahman dies in prison
The mastermind of numerous bomb plots in New York in the early 1990s has died in prison in the US, his family says. Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, a blind cleric who preached at mosques in New York, was sentenced to life in 1996 for planning the attacks. He plotted to attack multiple landmarks in New York with the aim of stopping US support for Israel and Egypt.
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