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Waleed al-Shehri

1978 - 2001

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Waleed Mohammed al-Shehri (Arabic: وليد الشهري, romanized: Walīd ash-Shehrī'; December 20, 1978 – September 11, 2001) was a Saudi terrorist hijacker. He was involved in the September 11 attacks against the United States in 2001. He was one of the five hijackers who took control of American Airlines Flight 11, which was then flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Born in Saudi Arabia, al-Shehri had been a student until he accompanied his mentally ill brother to Medina. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Waleed al-Shehri is the 273rd most popular extremist (down from 268th in 2019), the 269th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 271st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Saudi Arabian Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Waleed al-Shehri ranks 273 out of 283. Before him are Baitullah Mehsud, Seung-Hui Cho, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Satam al-Suqami, Beverley Allitt, and Mohammed Bijeh. After him are Amy Fisher, Khader Adnan, Hakimullah Mehsud, Ajmal Kasab, Monster of Florence, and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Waleed al-Shehri ranks 748. Before him are Yoshie Takeshita, Harel Levy, Jérémie Elkaïm, Mike Tindall, Ralf Bartels, and Tony Yayo. After him are André Pinto, Corina Morariu, An Hyo-yeon, Jörg Fiedler, Collin Benjamin, and Abdeslam Ouaddou. Among people deceased in 2001, Waleed al-Shehri ranks 368. Before him are Charlotte Coleman, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Toby Wing, Satam al-Suqami, Rosemary DeCamp, and Bobby Johnstone. After him are Patricia Robertson, David Rocastle, Stephen Malcolm, Nkosi Johnson, and Miguel del Toro.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Waleed al-Shehri ranks 269 out of 354. Before him are Fahad Al-Ghesheyan (1973), Redha Tukar (1975), Abdullah Zubromawi (1973), Awad Al-Anazi (1968), Yahya Al-Shehri (1990), and Khamis Al-Owairan (1973). After him are Fuad Anwar Amin (1972), Ahmed Dokhi (1976), Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad (1962), Sultan Al-Ghannam (1994), Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari (1991), and Tejasswi Prakash (1993).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Saudi Arabia

Among extremists born in Saudi Arabia, Waleed al-Shehri ranks 8. Before him are Abu Mohammad al-Julani (1981), Ibn al-Khattab (1969), Hamza bin Laden (1989), Wail al-Shehri (1973), Hamza al-Ghamdi (1980), and Satam al-Suqami (1976).

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