Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin
Abdel Aziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin al-Muqrin | |
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عبد العزيز عيسى عبد المحسن المقرن | |
| Leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula | |
| Preceded by | Khaled Ali Hajj |
| Succeeded by | Saleh al-Oufi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1972 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Died | 18 June 2004 (aged 31–32) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Abdel Aziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin Al-Muqrin (/ˈɑːbdəl əˈziːz ˈɪsə ɑːlˈmɪɡrɪn/ ⓘ; Arabic: عبد العزيز عيسى عبد المحسن المقرن; also Abd al-Aziz al-Moqrin and other transliterations), alias Abu Hajr (ابو هاجر) and Abu Hazim, (1972 – 18 June 2004), was the leader of the militant Jihadist group al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia. He succeeded Khaled Ali Hajj, when the latter was killed by Saudi security forces in March 2004. Al-Muqrin had trained with Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.
Al-Muqrin lived in Riyadh's Al-Suwaidi District, home to many Saudi extremists.