Nizar Trabelsi

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Nizar ben Abdelaziz Trabelsi (2 July 1970 - ) (Arabic: نزار بن عبد العزيز الطرابلسي) is a convicted Al-Qaida terrorist. ^[1]

He was once a football (soccer) player in Germany, for several German teams, including Fortuna Dusseldorf and Wuppertal. ^[1]

The Tunisian ^[1] is suspected of plotting the Paris embassy terrorist attack plot. He is said to have been the designated suicide bomber. He was accused of planning to strap a bomb onto himself before walking into the embassy. Trabelsi was to wear a business suit to conceal the bomb.^[2]

Trabelsi was arrested in an Uccle, Belgium apartment, near Brussels on September 13th, 2001. He was convicted of plotting to attack the Belgian airbase, Kleine Brogel, containing a nuclear weapon storage, guarded by American soldiers and, in 2003, he was sentenced to a 10-year prison term. ^[1] He was also found guilty of illegal arms possession and being a member in a private militia.