Red Fort bomber’s video message surfaces on the internet

Umar unNabi, the man driving the car that exploded near the Red Fort, in a video called ‘suicide bombings’ misunderstood.

On November 10, the shocking car blast near the Red Fort in Delhi shook the nation. Now, a video of the man, Umar unNabi, who was driving the car that exploded, has surfaced on the internet, where he says how ‘suicide bombings’ are misunderstood.

Umar unNabi’s video surfaces on the internet.

Umar un Nabi, in the video, can be heard saying, “Martyrdom operation is when a person presumes that he is going to for sure die at a particular place, at a particular time.” The purported video of Dr Umar unNabi shows him speaking at length about what he calls a ‘misunderstood’ idea of suicide bombings. The video is believed to have been recorded before November 10 and shows Nabi sitting alone in a room discussing the idea of suicide bombings. He is heard saying that the term commonly used for such attacks is often misunderstood. He even added that it has drawn several contradictions and objections.

What did Dr Umar unNabi say in the video?

In the video, Nabi can he heard saying, “One of the very misunderstood concepts is what has been labelled as the concept of suicide bombing. It is a martyrdom operation. There are multiple arguments and contradictions that have been brought against it. Martyrdom operation is when a person presumes that he is going for sure die at a particular place, at a particular time, he goes against the presumption that a particular person is going to die. He is going to die in a particular situation.” The video comes a day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested another alleged “co-conspirator” in the Delhi attack.

Reportedly, the accused, Jasir Bilal Wani, was reportedly “brainwashed” by Nabi and was working with him on plans for coordinated suicide missions across India for over a year. The NIA recently referred to Nabi as a “suicide bomber” for the first time while announcing the arrest of another key conspirator, a Kashmiri plumber who owned the Hyundai i20 that exploded, killing several in the blast. The agency, for the first time, also described the vehicle as a “vehicle-borne IED”.