Fayaz Kagzi[1] (16 April 1982 – 4 July 2016) was an expert bomb maker and suicide bomber from Maharashtra, India.
[2] Initially recruited by the Students Islamic Movement of India (Indian Mujahideen), he later joined the Pakistani militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba along with Zabiuddin Ansari.
[3] A native of Beed district in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, Kagzi was wanted in India for various terrorist offences including the 2006 Karnavati Express blast,[4] 2006 Aurangabad arms haul, 2010 German Bakery blast, 2012 Jangli Maharaj road serial blast[5] and fled to Pakistan in 2006.
He was reported dead on 4 July 2016 after detonating explosives near the US Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
[6][3] A DNA test confirmed the identity of the bomber as Fayaz Kagzi who is suspected to have joined ISIS.