Source: RNS
(Reuters) Omar Abdel–Rahman, the extremist Muslim cleric known as “the blind sheikh” convicted of conspiracy in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and planning more attacks as part of a “war of urban terrorism” in the United States, died in a North Carolina prison, authorities said.
Abdel–Rahman, 78, died of natural causes Saturday (Feb. 18) at the Federal Medical Center, Butner, part of a federal prison compound in Butner, N.C., said Greg Norton, a spokesman.
The cleric, who had diabetes and coronary artery disease, had been incarcerated at the Butner complex for nearly 10 years, Norton said.
Earlier, the cleric’s son Ammar said his family had received a phone call in Eygpt from a U.S. representative saying his father had died.
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