Yasin Abu Bakr

Yasin Abu Bakr
Yasin Abu Bakr speaking
Personal details
BornLennox Philip
(1941-10-19)19 October 1941
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Died21 October 2021(2021-10-21) (aged 80)
PartyJamaat al Muslimeen
Children15, including Fuad and Radanfah
Alma materQueen's Royal College

Yasin Abu Bakr (born Lennox Philip; 19 October 1941 – 21 October 2021) was a Trinidadian radical Islamist leader and militant who founded and led the Jamaat al Muslimeen, an Afro-Trinidadian Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago. He is best known for orchestrating the 1990 coup d’état, during which he and over 100 armed members of his group stormed the Parliament (Red House) and state television station, holding Prime Minister A.N.R Robinson and several cabinet members hostage for six days.

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