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Nigerian suspect was nicknamed ‘the Pope’
The Nigerian man who tried to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight was so clean he was nicknamed the Pope.
The Nigerian man who tried to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight was so clean he was nicknamed the Pope.
History teacher Michael Rimmer, who taught Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, at the British International School in Togo, said his student was “every teacher’s dream — very keen, enthusiastic, very bright, very polite”, Daily Mail reported.
Another incident
Adding to the airborne jitters, a second Nigerian man was detained on Sunday from the same Northwest flight to Detroit after he locked himself in the plane’s bathroom.
Officials reported that he was belligerent but genuinely sick, and that, in an abundance of caution, the plane was taken to a remote location for screening before passengers were let off.
Investigators concluded he posed no threat.
