Anti-terror update: Extremist preacher claims suicide bomb suspect was 'devoted student'
Bakri, who was banned from Britain by the Home Office nine years ago, is reported to have spoken from his flat in Tripoli, Lebanon, describing Majid as “a very dear brother”.
Majid, 41, is suspected of driving a lorry into a prison in Aleppo, Syria, last week and detonating a bomb.
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Community leader Arif Syed, chairman of Broadfield Mosque, said Muslim people feel they were the victim of a “witch hunt”.
Updates to follow.