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Wail al-Shehri

1973 - 2001

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Wail Mohammed al-Shehri (Arabic: وائل الشهري, Wāīl ash-Shehrī; also transliterated as Alshehri) (31 July 1973 – 11 September 2001) was a Saudi terrorist hijacker. He was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11, which was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the 11 September attacks in 2001. Wail al-Shehri was an elementary school teacher from Khamis Mushait in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wail al-Shehri has received more than 715,995 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Wail al-Shehri is the 217th most popular extremist (down from 207th in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 197th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Saudi Arabian Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Wail al-Shehri ranks 217 out of 209. Before him are Yang Xinhai, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Mohammed Bouyeri, Anwar al-Awlaki, Stuart Christie, and Satam al-Suqami. After him are Beverley Allitt, Seung-Hui Cho, Baitullah Mehsud, Mohammed Bijeh, Hakimullah Mehsud, and Waleed al-Shehri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Wail al-Shehri ranks 497. Before him are Stanislav Pozdnyakov, Michaela Dorfmeister, Roberto Orci, Pablo Pozo, Rimi Natsukawa, and Jennifer Paige. After him are Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat, Sarah Wynter, Alex Tagliani, Akhilesh Yadav, Tony Popovic, and Andrea Gaudenzi. Among people deceased in 2001, Wail al-Shehri ranks 299. Before him are Satam al-Suqami, Leon Wilkeson, Dale Evans, Bertie Mee, Ken Green, and Jim Baxter. After him are Duke Nalon, Sidney Dillon Ripley, Darshan Ranganathan, Rosemary DeCamp, Richard Chelimo, and Frankie Carle.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Wail al-Shehri ranks 182 out of 251. Before him are Yousuf Al-Thunayan (1963), Satam al-Suqami (1976), Salman Al-Faraj (1989), Yasser Al-Qahtani (1982), Reema bint Bandar Al Saud (1975), and Ameera al-Taweel (1983). After him are Loujain al-Hathloul (1989), Hussein Abdulghani (1977), Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi (1971), Mohammed Noor (1978), Osama Hawsawi (1984), and Nawaf Al-Temyat (1976).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Saudi Arabia

Among extremists born in Saudi Arabia, Wail al-Shehri ranks 6. Before him are Osama bin Laden (1957), Ibn al-Khattab (1969), Abu Mohammad al-Julani (1981), Hamza bin Laden (1989), and Satam al-Suqami (1976). After him are Waleed al-Shehri (1978).

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