Britain terror suspect dies from burns
August 04, 2007 00:00:00
LONDON, Aug 3 (AP): A suspect who was critically burned in a botched car bomb attempt at Glasgow Airport has died after more than a month in the hospital, ending police hopes he might be questioned or charged.
Kafeel Ahmed, 27, died Thursday at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, police said. He was in the Jeep Cherokee that plowed into the terminal at Scotland's busiest airport on June 30, a day after two Mercedes cars packed with gas canisters were discovered in central London.
Witnesses saw Ahmed, an Indian engineer, set himself ablaze and struggle with police and passers-by who tried to put out the flames. He reportedly suffered burns to 90 percent of his body.
Ahmed spent five weeks in a hospital, unconscious and under armed guard. Police believed he was at the centre of the bomb plot, but he was never officially arrested or charged.
A member of Ahmed's medical team said last month there was little chance he would survive because his severe burns left him vulnerable to infection and organ failure.