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Samantha Lewthwaite

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Samantha Louise Lewthwaite (; born 5 December 1983), also known as Sherafiyah Lewthwaite or the White Widow, is a British terrorist and suspected mass murderer who is one of the Western world's most wanted terrorism suspects. Lewthwaite, the widow of 7/7 London terrorist bomber Germaine Lindsay, is accused of causing the deaths of more than 400 people. She is a fugitive from justice in Kenya, where she is wanted on charges of possession of explosives and conspiracy to commit a felony and is the subject of an Interpol Red Notice requesting her arrest with a view to extradition. Lewthwaite is alleged to be a member of the Somalia-based radical Islamic militant group Al-Shabaab. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samantha Lewthwaite is the 285th most popular extremist (down from 284th in 2019), the 7,961st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,684th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Samantha Lewthwaite ranks 285 out of 283. Before her are Monster of Florence, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Omar Mateen, Takahiro Shiraishi, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, and Omar Khadr. After her are Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Elliot Rodger, Dylann Roof, Lucy Letby, and Thomas Matthew Crooks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Samantha Lewthwaite ranks 1,349. Before her are Ken Skupski, Philipp Zeller, Al Thornton, Yoshiaki Fujita, Fausto Pinto, and Eamon. After her are Jonathan Walters, Channing Frye, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Kazunari Hosaka, Jay Bouwmeester, and Cristian Malmagro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samantha Lewthwaite ranks 7,963 out of 8,785. Before her are Myles Lewis-Skelly (2006), Beth Mead (1995), Conor Bradley (2003), Tony Jeffries (1985), Paul Nicholls (1979), and Aiysha Hart (1990). After her are Jonathan Walters (1983), Jason Wilcox (1971), Stormzy (1993), Liam Cooper (1991), Hope Powell (1966), and Samuel Iling-Junior (2003).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, Samantha Lewthwaite ranks 22. Before her are Tommy Robinson (1982), John Bodkin Adams (1899), Howard Marks (1945), Stuart Christie (1946), Colin Pitchfork (1960), and Beverley Allitt (1968). After her are Elliot Rodger (1991), and Lucy Letby (1990).

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