U.S.: Jihadi in Suicide Bombing Video in Syria Was From Florida
By Evan Perez, Hamdi Alkhshali and Salma Abdelaziz
The suicide attacker in the bombing depicted in this online video was an American jihadi, radical Islamists claiming responsibility for the blast have said.
Late Thursday, two U.S. officials confirmed their boast.
The man called by the nom de guerre Abu Hurayra Al-Amriki was a U.S. citizen, who grew up in Florida and went to school there.
Neither official would disclose the bomber’s real name. Investigators are interviewing family members.
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