Azahari studied in Britain: University

Azahari studied in Britain: University

ENGLAND: One of the suspected masterminds of the October 2002
Bali bombings which killed 202 people obtained a doctorate in
Britain, the university confirmed on Sunday.

Azahari bin Husin, 48, believed to be a key leader in the Al-
Qaeda-linked Jamaah Islamiyah Islamic extremist group and the
organization's top explosives expert, obtained a degree in land
management from the University of Reading, the establishment said
in a statement.

"Azahari Husin, wanted in connection with the Bali bombing,
studied for a doctorate at the University of Reading in the late
1980s in what was then the Department of Land Management, which
is now the Department of Real Estate and Planning," it said.

"In 1990, he submitted his Ph D thesis, which was in the
subject area of real estate. The broad topic of his thesis was
house prices in Malaysia.

"When Azahari Husin was at Reading, he appeared to be a
completely normal student. It is not thought he maintained any
contact with the University once he had completed his thesis."

Investigators looking into Saturday's bombing in Bali that
killed at least 22 people and wounded more than 100 said it
looked like the work of the Malaysian-born Husin and Jamaah
Islamiyah. -- AFP