Abdul Hakim Murad

Who is Abdul Hakim Murad?

Abdul Hakim Ali Hashim Murad born January 4, 1968) was an alleged conspirator in the Bojinka plot terrorist plan along with Ramzi Yousef who was one of the main perpetrators and creator of the bomb for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He was arrested trying to retrieve plans for the plot which was the forerunner to the September 11 attacks with airliners on US targets. In 1996, he was convicted in the United States of trying to blow up a dozen airliners and sentenced to life in prison.

He was found to have many aliases. A Pakistani passport found had "Abdul Hakim, student, age 26, Pakistani passport No. C665334, issued in Kuwait." He used the alias Ahmed Saeed when Manila police apprehended him. He was mentioned on Ramzi Yousef's laptop personal computer as Obaid.