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Egyptian behind attack: Qatar

DOHA (Qatar): Qatar's Interior Ministry on Sunday said an Egyptian carried out the suicide car bomb attack on a Doha theatre popular with Westerners that killed one Briton, according to Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV. It identified the suicide bomber as Omar Ahmed Abdullah, an Egyptian, and said he owned the car that exploded outside the Doha Players Theatre during a performance on Saturday night, killing one person and injuring 12. Egyptian authorities have contacted their embassy in Doha seeking further details following claims that an Egyptian national carried out the attack, an official in Cairo said. An Al-Qaeda leader in the Gulf urged militants this week to attack ``crusaders'' throughout the Gulf region. The blast occurred in the northern Doha suburb of Farek Kelab, killing one British national who has not yet been identified. Ten of the 12 persons injured have since been released from hospital and no details were available on their identities. — AP

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