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Mustafa Ahmed Hassan Hamza

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Egyptian, commander of the military branch of the Islamic Group. He was sentenced to death in absentia by an Egyptian court in the Returnees from Afghanistan case. It is believed he took part in the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat, the attempted assassination of President Hosni Mubarak in 1995, and the Luxor massacre, which killed more than 60 tourists and Egyptians in 1997. He was in Iran until 2004, when he was extradited to Egypt. He was pardoned in 2012.[1] Also goes by the aliases Abu Hazem, Mohamed Gamal El-Sayed, Mohamed Gamal El-Sayed Ali Khalil.

References

  1. ^ Robert Windrem. "Al-Qaida leaders, associates". MSNBC. Retrieved 2012-05-06.