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Kafeel may not survive, says doctor

“Is vulnerable to infection and won’t be able to fight it”
He is under constant armed police guard

EDINBURGH: Kafeel Ahmed, 27, a suspect in the failed terror attack in Glasgow, was unlikely to survive his burns, a doctor said on Tuesday.

“The prognosis is not good and he is not likely to survive,” a member of the medical team that treated him at the Royal Alexandra Hospital near Glasgow said on the condition of anonymity because details of patients’ condition are not to be made public.

“He has third-degree burns over most of his torso and limbs. It is beyond repair and because he has lost so much skin he is now vulnerable to infection and won’t be able to fight it.”

Kafeel was initially treated at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, where his suspected accomplice in the attack, Bilal Abdullah, worked as a diabetes specialist. He was transferred under sedation to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in the early hours of Monday in an intensive care ambulance.

Ahmed is under constant armed police guard. The medical team member who discussed his condition could not confirm if the police had been able to question him.

A spokeswoman for the Greater Glasgow Health Board, speaking on condition of anonymity according to the Scottish government practice, would only say: “The patient remains in police custody and his condition remains critical.” Separately, a police spokeswoman would not confirm if he had been questioned. “We are not releasing anything about this person at the moment.” — AP

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