Al-Qaeda’s master bombmaker has trained European jihadists to become suicide bombers targeting their home countries, intelligence agencies have discovered.
Ibrahim Hassan Tali al-Asiri’s alleged plans to develop “stealth” bombs triggered a worldwide airport security alert that is expected to spell misery for British holidaymakers and commuters flying to America.
Yesterday they were facing more intrusive pat-downs, swab tests on shoes and stringent checks on electronic devices.
The alert this week came after evidence that al-Asiri, al-Qaeda’s top explosives expert in Yemen, passed on skills and expertise in secret training programmes for foreign fighters in Syria.