Ramzi Mohammed ( ar, رمزي محمد) (born 18 August 1981) is a Somali national convicted of involvement in the
attempted London bombing of 21 July 2005.
Ramzi is currently serving a minimum of 40 years for conspiracy to murder on the
Oval Underground station train. He was arrested sharing an apartment with
Muktar Said Ibrahim on 29 July 2005, amid allegations that he was the so-called 'bus bomber'. During the arrest, which reportedly culminated in Ramzi and Ibrahim standing near-naked on their balcony to avoid
tear gas
Tear gas, also known as a lachrymator agent or lachrymator (), sometimes colloquially known as "mace" after the early commercial aerosol, is a chemical weapon that stimulates the nerves of the lacrimal gland in the eye to produce tears. In ...
that police had used,
Later, it was discovered that Ramzi had tried to have the local
imam at Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre in
North Kensington
North Kensington is an area of west London. It is north of Notting Hill and south of Kensal Green and in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The names North Kensington and Ladbroke Grove describe the same area.
North Kensington is wh ...
removed over religious disagreements. Together with his brother
Whabi Mohammad, Ramzi used to set up a table with Islamic literature at local
football games.
Arrest and Trial
His brother
Whabi Mohammad was also arrested in a separate raid outside
Notting Hill
Notting Hill is a district of West London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Notting Hill is known for being a cosmopolitan and multicultural neighbourhood, hosting the annual Notting Hill Carnival and Portobello Road Ma ...
.
In February 2007 he stood trial along with 5 others for his part in the bombings. On 24 January, the court released dramatic video of Ramzi Mohammed attempting to detonate his device. The carriage quickly emptied, apart from one man who stayed behind to reason with him, an off-duty fireman named Angus Campbell.
On 9 July 2007 Ramzi Mohammed was found guilty at
Woolwich Crown Court
Woolwich Crown Court, or more accurately the Crown Court at Woolwich, is located at 2 Belmarsh Road, Thamesmead is one of twelve Crown Court centres serving Greater London.
It is adjacent to both HM Prison Belmarsh and Belmarsh Magistrates' C ...
of conspiracy to murder and sentenced to
life imprisonment with a minimum term of forty years.
Appeal
April 2008 the court of appeal judges dismissed a challenge by Ibrahim, Omar, Mohammed and Osman to their convictions.
In December 2014, an appeal to the
European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR or ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights. The court hears applications alleging that ...
lodged in 2008 by the bombers claiming that their rights were breached in the 'safety interviews' after their arrests was rejected.
See also
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Muktar Said Ibrahim
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Yasin Hassan Omar
Yasin Hassan Omar (sometimes spelt Yassin; born 1 January 1983) was convicted for his role 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 Vic ...
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Osman Hussain
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Manfo Kwaku Asiedu
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Adel Yahya
On 15 January 2007 six men appeared at Woolwich Crown Court in connection with the attempted 21 July 2005 London bombings on London public transport.
On 9 July 2007 the jury found Muktar Said Ibrahim, Yassin Omar, Hussain Osman, and Ramzi Moham ...
References
External links
Film-clip used as evidence.; After an unsuccessful detonation Ramzi Mohammed are in discussion with the fireman Angus Campbell. ESD are pulled and he manages to escape from the people trying to catch him at the Oval station. He was later arrested.
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ms://wm.bbc.co.uk/news/media/avdb/news/video/75000/nb/75314_16x9_nb.wmv BBC; Report
BBC News
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Living people
July 2005 London bombings
Somalian emigrants to the United Kingdom
Ethnic Somali people
Islamic terrorism in England
1981 births
Perpetrators of the July 2005 London bombings
Somalian people imprisoned abroad
Somalian Muslims
Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by England and Wales
People from Small Heath, Birmingham
Somalian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment