First funeral held as bombing suspect arrested in Cairo

The Times UK ^ | 7/15/05 | Simon Freeman and Sam Knight

[BurbankKarl]

A young British Muslim woman from the East End was described today as an "innocent and blood-stained martyr" as her family laid her to rest in the first funeral of any of the victims of last week's London bombings.

Magdi el Nashar, a 33-year-old who had been teaching at Leeds University, left Leeds two weeks ago after telling his landlord that he had visa problems. Police sources have since said that materials have since been found at a flat rented in his name in the Leeds suburb of Burley which suggest it was used as a bomb factory.

Egyptian officials would not say today when exactly Mr el Nashar was detained but one Interior Ministry official said: "El Nashar denied having any relation with the latest events in London. He pointed out that all his belongings remained in his apartment in Britain."

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A statement from her family paid tribute to a simple girl who had been at the wrong place at the wrong time. It read: "Today our dear daughter, cause of our joy and light of our eyes - our Shahara - is returning to her Lord, an innocent and blood-stained martyr. She was an Eastender, a Londoner and British, but above all, a true Muslim and proud to be so.

"She was a simple girl, from a simple family who led a simple life. Unfortunately she was at the wrong place at the wrong time on that unfortunate day. The flame of her life has been cruelly extinguished from this beautiful young woman in her prime, who had the whole world ahead of her."

[BurbankKarl]

Detectives also revealed that a suspected al-Qaeda operative entered Britain via a channel port two weeks before the attack. Although his name was on a security watch list he was not put under surveillance, as he was not regarded as being of sufficiently high risk. He is believed to have left the country hours before the attacks.

[Moonman62]

I guess a condemnation of the Muslim terrorists who killed her is too much to expect.

[expatpat]

Beautiful girl -- I wonder if the baseturds who organized this event have any regrets when they see her picture.

[Paleo Conservative]

No.

[Paleo Conservative]

How dare her family publish a picture of her unveiled.

[expatpat]

Yeah, but it's good for the Mooslims to see how indiscriminate the jihad murders are, and how they kill 'innocent civilians', not just infidel dogs (sarc).