Arrest: Mohammed al-Zawahri the veteran terrorist leader of al-Qaeda has been arrested according to Egyptian security forces The brother of a Ayman al-Zawahri, the veteran terrorist leader of al-Qaeda has been arrested according to Egyptian security forces. A security official said that Mohammed al-Zawahri, leader of the ultraconservative Jihadi Salafist group, was detained at a checkpoint in Giza, the city across the Nile from Cairo. Ayman al-Zawahri is credited by many as having been the 'operational brains' behind the 9/11 suicide attacks on the U.S. and to have approved the co-ordinated bombings on London’s transport system in in 2005 that left 52 innocent people dead.
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Mohammed al-Zawahri, was detained at a checkpoint in Giza
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He is the leader of the ultraconservative Jihadi Salafist group
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Ayman al-Zawahri is believed to be behind 9/11 attack and 7/7
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He has a £15-million bounty on his head and is on the 'most wanted' list
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