Mahmud – a lecturer turned deadly militant


Dr Mahmud Ahmad, 36, a former lectuer at Universiti Malayas Islamic Education Faculty, wanted by police for alleged terror links.His last known address is Taman Selayang Baru, Batu Caves.

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Universiti Malaya lecturer-turned-Islamic State (IS) fugitive militant Dr Mahmud Ahmad (pic) underwent training at an Al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan in the late 1990s, while studying at the Islamabad Islamic University in Pakistan.

After being exposed as an extermist militant, Dr Mahmud has been high on Bukit Aman’s wanted list for more than two years.

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