Khalid Abdullah (Egyptian)
Khalid Abdullah | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sudan/Egypt |
| Occupation | Suspected militant |
| Known for | Suspected involvement in 1996 attack on Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan |
Khalid Abdullah () is a Sudanese-Egyptian individual suspected of involvement in the 1996 attack on the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan and was engaged to Canadian national Zaynab Khadr.
In December 1995, Abdullah was set to marry Zaynab, the 15-year-old daughter of Ahmed Khadr, who had arranged the union earlier that July. The couple lived together for about two months as part of a "trial engagement," with Zaynab's mother, Maha el-Samnah, preparing a residence for them.[1][2]
At the time, Abdullah was 26 years old and is believed to have acquired one of the vehicles used in the bombing.[3][4] Following the attack, he escaped to Lahore and subsequently vanished.[5]
He reappeared in Tehran by October 1997 and reached out to the Khadr family to arrange a new wedding date. Ahmed Khadr consented to bring his family on a trip that would conclude with Zaynab's departure to begin her life with Abdullah.[1]
After six months, Abdullah conveyed that Zaynab was deeply distressed and that their marriage was deteriorating. She eventually returned to her family.[1]
In 1999, Pakistani authorities detained Abdullah and handed him over to the Egyptian "Returnees from Albania" tribunal, where he was sentenced to a lengthy term of imprisonment.[1]
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