| Importance | Medium |
 | Means of Death | Suicide explosion |
| Date of Death | April 3, 2004 |
| Location of Death | Madrid, Spain |
| Affiliation | 3-11 Madrid train bombers |
| Role | Operations Chief |
| Affiliation | Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group |
| Affiliation | Armed Islamic Group |
| Nationality | Algerian |
| Gender | Male |
| In connection with | 3-11 Madrid train bombings |
| Charged with | Belonging to a Terrorist Organization2 |
| Charging authority | Spain |
| Charges issued | 1997 |
| Case status | Convicted |
| Sentence | 14 years imprisonment; released after 2 years2 |
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| Reliable | Among those killed April 3, 2004, in a suicide blast in a Madrid apartment as police closed in on them. His remains were not identified until 2005.
Police described him as the emir of the 3-11 operation.
He was detained in 1997 and sentenced to 14 years in prison for belonging to the Armed Islamic Group. He was released after serving a two-year sentence.1,2 |
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| 1 Press release, Spanish Ministry of Interior. |
| 2 "Madrid bombing suspects." BBC: March 10, 2005. |
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