Exclusive - Syria bomber was Florida-born, raised in middle-class family


  • World
  • Sunday, 01 Jun 2014

Florida birth registration card for Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha is seen in this government handout image. REUTERS/State of Florida/Handout via Reuters

SEBASTIAN Fla. (Reuters) - The man believed to be the first American suicide bomber in Syria was born in Florida and loved to play basketball. He was an average student who grew up in a well-kept middle-class neighbourhood about 90 minutes south of Orlando.

The family of Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha, 22, on Saturday declined to comment or to open their door as a small group of reporters gathered outside their home in a gated community in Sebastian, on Florida's east coast.

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