Sri Lanka suicide bomber ‘radicalised by hate preacher Anjem Choudary’ while studying at London university dubbed ‘hotbed of terror’
ONE of the Sri Lanka suicide bombers was radicalised by hate preacher Anjem Choudary’s sermons while studying at the UK, it has been reported.
Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed, 37, was the link between ISIS and the bombers, according to security sources on the island.
His family reportedly became concerned about his radicalised views and asked for help from a security official, which is when the connection to Choudary was uncovered.
The official told the BBC: “He was completely radicalised and supported the extremist ideology. I tried to reason with him.
“When I asked him how he got into this… he said that he attended the sermons of the radical British preacher Anjem Choudary in London. He said he met him during the sermons.”
Choudary is regarded as one of the UK’s most dangerous hate preachers.
He was convicted and jailed in 2016 for inviting support for ISIS and released in 2018.
Investigators believe Mohamed was radicalised in London while studying aerospace engineering at Kingston University – dubbed a “hotbed of terror” by David Cameron – between 2006 and 2007.
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The brainwashed ISIS militant – one of nine bombers to carry out the Easter Sunday atrocity – spent a year at the uni in South West London before studying a postgraduate course in Melbourne, Australia, security sources confirmed.
British intelligence services are now probing whether Mohamed could have been radicalised while attending Kingston – which was “named and shamed” by former UK Prime Minister Cameron.
In 2015, the then-Tory leader listed the college among four UK universities which had invited the most radicals speakers to events following a study by the Government’s Extremism Analysis Unit.
Mohamed studied at the London university in the same year a hate preacher linked the Lee Rigby’s killers gave a speech promoting Jihad.
He attended Kingston University when extremist cleric Shakeel Begg urged students to “make Jihad”.
Firebrand Begg is head Imam at South London’s Lewisham Mosque, where soldier Lee Rigby’s murderers Michael Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo worshipped.
He has also spoken at an event hosted by controversial charity Cage, whose research director Asim Quereshi called British ISIS terrorist “Jihadi John” a “beautiful young man”.
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Cage director Moazzam Begg has also been a speaker at Kingston University three times.
ISIS fanatic Mohamed detonated his device during the wave of attacks that killed more than 253 people.
Mohamed was meant to blow up the Taj Samudra Hotel.
When his backpack device failed, he went to the Tropical Inn Hotel. It is believed he set off his bomb by mistake, killing himself and one other.
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