USA – An alleged Saudi bombmaker has emerged as the main suspect behind the two parcel bombs sent from Yemen, a United States official said, as a Gulf airline source said one of the parcels traveled on a passenger plane, Agence France Presse.
The US official described Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, an alleged Al-Qaeda bombmaker born in Saudi Arabia but based in Yemen, as a “leading suspect” in the parcel bomb plot.
“Al-Asiri’s past activities and explosives’ experience make him a leading suspect,” the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity
“There are indications he may have had a role in past Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula plots, including the attempted assassination of a Saudi official and last year‘s failed Christmas Day attack.”
Counter-terrorism chief John Brennan, meanwhile, said there was no intelligence indicating there were any additional parcel bombs from Yemen, although he refused to rule out the possibility.
He also said evidence suggested the same person built the intercepted parcel bombs and the device worn by the “underwear” bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who botched an attack on a flight to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.
Qatar Airways said a package containing explosives was flown from Sanaa to Doha, then on to Dubai, on one of its aircraft, which the source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said was a passenger plane.
In Yemen, a detained student was released on Sunday, her father said. A Yemeni official said she was freed on condition she present herself for further questioning if required.
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