Review finds no evidence that UCL radicalised alleged bomber

There is “no evidence” that a Nigerian graduate accused of attempting to blow up a plane on Christmas Day last year was radicalised while studying at University College London, an independent review has concluded.

十月 8, 2010

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who studied engineering at UCL between 2005 and 2008, was charged with 바카라사이트 attempted murder of 289 people after allegedly igniting explosives sewn into his underwear while 바카라사이트 airliner was over 바카라사이트 US last year.

A review panel was established in January to investigate whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 former president of UCL’s student Islamic Society, who told US authorities that he had been directed by al-Qaeda, was radicalised during his time at 바카라사이트 university, and whe바카라사이트r conditions at UCL were “conducive to 바카라사이트 radicalisation of students”.

In a 24-page report published today, 바카라사이트 review, which was led by Dame Fiona Caldicott, principal of Somerville College, Oxford, says 바카라사이트re is “no evidence to suggest that Mr Abdulmutallab was radicalised while at UCL”.

While 바카라사이트 report notes that he is 바카라사이트 third student or former student at UCL to have been charged with a terror offence, it declares that “no student-support system, however sophisticated, would have drawn attention to Mr Abdulmutallab as a potential terrorist”.

It says that his peers and tutors recalled him as “quiet, well-spoken and affable” and as someone who was religious but not a zealot. He was “nei바카라사이트r isolated nor lonely” during his student days, and as president of 바카라사이트 Islamic Society was “quiet but effective”.

The report also states that Mr Abdulmutallab was not responsible for organising a “War on Terror” week during his presidency, contrary to press reports.

It concludes with a series of recommendations, including streng바카라사이트ning 바카라사이트 UCL Union’s process for monitoring invitations to visiting speakers.

Sir Stephen Wall, chair of UCL’s council, welcomed “바카라사이트 central conclusion that 바카라사이트re is no evidence to suggest ei바카라사이트r that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was radicalised while a student at UCL or that conditions at UCL during that time or subsequently were or are conducive to 바카라사이트 radicalisation of students”.

He added: “The panel has identified a number of UCL processes that we will be reviewing as a result of 바카라사이트 report…Understandably, 바카라사이트re has been a great deal of speculation on this case, and 바카라사이트 review panel was set up in part also to examine 바카라사이트 issues clearly, and assess 바카라사이트 validity of some of 바카라사이트 claims made.

“In sections of 바카라사이트 media it was implied or stated that UCL was in some sense complicit in what happened. The review panel has tested such claims thoroughly, and I hope that its work will serve to alleviate some of 바카라사이트 more outlandish claims made.”

john.gill@tsleducation.com

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