Radical Cleric Connected To 1993 World Trade Center Bombing Dies

NPR | By Cory Turner

Published February 19, 2017 at 6:58 AM CST

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Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, also known as "the blind sheikh," who was convicted in connection with the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, has died in prison. He was 78.

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