Mohammad Daleel

Mohammad Daleel, known as Abu Yusuf al-Karrar, was a Syrian man who fought for a number of rebel groups during the Syrian Civil War, including the Islamic State. On 24 July 2016, he carried out the 2016 Ansbach bombing, killing himself and wounding fifteen people. The attack, carried out in retaliation for Germany's role in the Military intervention against ISIL, was the first suicide bombing carried out in Germany. German authorities now believe Daleel intended to remotely detonate the Ansbach bomb while filming it and to later commit further terrorist attacks.[1]

History

According to Bild, he was a member of the Islamic State of Iraq many years ago.[2] The Islamic State called Daleel a "soldier of the Caliphate".[3]

Bild further says he told German officials that he was a Sunni Muslim and had come from Aleppo. He said he had studied law for half a year and worked at a soap factory owned by his father.“A missile had damaged our house, I was heavily injured and brought to Turkey,” he claimed in his asylum application.

He left Syria on July 16, 2013. Traffickers drove him to Bulgaria, where he filed an asylum request in September 2013.

On April 17, 2014, he said, he flew from Sofia to Vienna on Austrian Airlines, Flight OS 806, Seat 22A, with one suitcase. A "mysterious benefactor" gave him the airplane ticket at no charge.[4] Austrian police seized him and took his documents.

On April 20, he applied for asylum in Austria but then decided to go to Munich on July 5, 2014, where he also applied for asylum in Germany. He stated to German authorities that he had been a victim of torture, a claim of which there is no record of him having previously made, and which the New York Times characterised as appearing to be "embellishments" ha made.[5]

German officials and the local court in Ansbach rejected his first asylum request on 2 December 2014 and ordered his deportation to Bulgaria. He then attempted to commit suicide twice and was under psychiatric care. Minister of Parliament Harald Weinke of the Left Party blocked the deportation.[6][7] Due to Daleel's mental health diagnosis, the deportation to Bulgaria was suspended. On 13 July 2016, a second deportation notice to Bulgaria was sent to Daleel.[8]

Axel von Maltitz, a trauma specialist, wrote a report in 2015 where he warned about Daleel's "extreme spirit" and stated «attempts to deport Mr Daleel could result in a "spectacular" suicide attempt». The report was sent to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.[9]

Paul Cruickshank, the Editor-in-Chief of CTC Sentinel, a publication of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, has suggested Daleel 'faked or exaggerated' any mental health problems in an attempt to stay in Germany.[10]

Daleel had been treated around 6 months in an institution called "Exilio e.V." in Lindau by heilpraktikers which claims to offer holistic health treatment "for immigrants" under the leadership of Gisela von Maltitz and Axel von Maltitz. Purportedly, the institution does not include any qualified Doctor of Medicine, psychologist or psychiatrist. The institution has been criticized for using "dubious" practices such as rebirthing.[11]

Daleel may once have attempted to firebomb a German immigration office, but was dissuaded by an aide assigned him (as a refugee asylum applicant) to "help him adapt in Germany).[12]

According to a biography in IS's weekly magazine al-Nabaa, he fought against the government of Bashar al-Assad since the very start of the Syrian Civil War, in a number of different rebel groups. He is said to have formed a cell specialized in grenade and molotov cocktail attacks on the regime. Around the time of the split between Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State, he was wounded in or near Aleppo and was brought to Turkey for treatment. Afterwards he was located in Europe, where he tried to rejoin the Islamic State several times, but was unsuccessful. Due to his failure to travel back to Syria, he decided to carry out an attack in Germany. His original idea was to attack cars and he started to build his explosive device which took him three months. During his time building the bomb, the German police raided the building he was living in but failed to arrest him. He was in constant contact with "one of the soldiers" of IS.[13]

Ansbach bombing

Main article: 2016 Ansbach bombing

Daleel conducted reconnaissance of the location a day before the attack. He also sent a video to the Islamic State, which was released by Amaq News Agency.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Andreas Ulrich. "Germany Attackers Had Contact with Suspected IS Members". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 2 October 2016. authorities believe the perpetrator's death on July 24 was likely an accident. They think his intention had been to deposit a backpack carrying homemade explosives within a crowd at a music festival in the city before detonating it remotely [...] to film the detonation and the ensuing inferno and to send the video to IS. But it appears the explosive detonated prematurely, killing Daleel and injuring 15 others.
  2. ↑ Stritzel, Björn (July 27, 2016). "So tief steckte er im ISIS-Sumpf". m.bild.de. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ ZOIE O'BRIEN. "'More will come' ISIS warns HUNDREDS of jihadis have SNUCK into Schengen to attack Europe". Daily and Sunday Express. Retrieved 28 September 2016. Mohammad Daleel, a 27-year-old failed asylum seeker, who blew himself up outside a party in Ansbach, Germany. ISIS later said he was a "soldier of the Caliphate".
  4. ↑ Erik Kirschbaum; Joseph Nasr; Joern Poltz. "Fervent jihadist or suicidal refugee: the many faces of Bavarian bomber". Reuters. Retrieved 28 July 2016. he was detained and fingerprinted in Bulgaria before a mysterious benefactor gave him a free plane ticket to help him get to Germany
  5. ↑ MELISSA EDDY; BORYANA DZHAMBAZOVA. "How a Suicide Bomber Made His Way From Syria to Strike in Ansbach, Germany". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 August 2016. As he sought asylum in Europe, Mr. Daleel appears to have either embellished or omitted key parts of his history in constantly shifting accounts [...] Mr. Daleel did not claim he had been tortured during the two months he was detained in Bulgaria, as he later told the German authorities. The Bulgarian authorities said they knew of no abuse.
  6. ↑ Benjamin Weinthal. "Europe terror attacks spotlight security failings amid refugee crisis". Fox News. Retrieved 8 August 2016. authorities did not arrest him, but they did move to deport him earlier this year. The effort was blocked by German Left Party MP Harald Weinberg, who demanded that Daleel get medical care for a knee injury.
  7. ↑ Jörg Diehl; Christoph Sydow. "Attentäter von Ansbach: Auffällig unauffällig". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2016. gegen die er sich lange Zeit juristisch und auch mithilfe des örtlichen Linken-Bundestagsabgeordneten Harald Weinberg gewehrt hatte
  8. ↑ Faiola, Anthony (July 26, 2016). "Islamic State publishes video of purported suicide bomber in Germany". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  9. ↑ Gabriel Gatehouse. "Germany 'was warned about Ansbach suicide bomber'". BBC. Retrieved 23 August 2016. A 25-page psychological assessment written more than a year before mentioned his "extreme spirit". It was sent to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees. It warned that attempts to deport Mr Daleel could result in a "spectacular" suicide attempt.
  10. ↑ Cruickshank, Paul (27 July 2016). "ISIS are claiming he was member for years.". twitter.com. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  11. ↑ Ernst, Edzard (29 July 2016). "Ansbach suicide-bomber had alternative treatments for severe psychological trauma". Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  12. ↑ MATTHEW SCHOFIELD. "German bomber got online instructions from Middle East, police say". McClatchy Newspapers. Retrieved 23 August 2016. An aide assigned to help him adapt in Germany told German media that he once met an angry Daleel on the street, carrying a bottle of gasoline in a bag, and on his way to a government immigration office. The aide said he was able to calm Daleel down.
  13. ↑ Ensor, Josie (July 27, 2016). "Ansbach bomber's membership of jihadist group raises questions over Germany's screening of asylum-seekers". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  14. ↑ Joscelyn, Thomas (July 26, 2016). "Attacks in France and Germany claimed by Islamic State propaganda arm". longwarjournal.org. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
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