Case file
Yacine Benalia
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Yacine Benalia was identified by Russian Federal Security Service ( FSB ) as one of Algerian -born Arab Beslan attackers killed when the siege has ended. Russian investigators said that he came from London to Chechnya in 2001. Former associates of the Scotland Yard in London claimed that another Algerian-born Arab Beslan attacker, Kamel Rabat Bouralha was a frequent visitor at Finsbury Park mosque in 2000.1
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“siege” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 1. Read the current article and compare.
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| militant | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| islamist | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| hostage | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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Then
identified by russian federal security service
Now
algerian-born british citizen and islamist militant who allegedly participated in the beslan school hostage cri
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