Ramzi Yousef - Early Life

Early Life

Yousef was born in Kuwait to Pakistani family of labourers, who were originally from Baluchistan. While the rest of the family returned to Pakistan in the mid 1980s, Yousef was sent to England to continue his education.

In 1986, he enrolled at Swansea Institute in Wales where he studied electrical engineering, graduating four years later. He also studied at the Oxford College of Further Education to improve his English.

Yousef attended an Al-Qaeda training camp and became an expert in bomb making.

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