BLACKBURN suicide bomber Asif Hanif made a chilling video calling on Muslims to be "people of action" before killing three innocent people.

Further details were disclosed about Hanif's connection to Blackburn as it emerged he lived in the town from being a toddler to the age of around 15 before moving to Hounslow, London.

Blackburn police minority team said they would be looking into Hanif's connection to Blackburn to see if they needed to take action to ensure community relations were not affected.

Hanif detonated a bomb on his belt on April 30, 2003.

The revelation came at the Old Bailey in London during the trial of his accomplice's wife and siblings for allegedly failing to disclose information about terrorism.

Hanif, 21, and Omar Sharif, 27, from Derby, met as students at a well-respected Syrian university where they were believed to have been influenced by Palestian terror group Hamas.

In April 2003 they told friends they were going to study in Syria.

However, they were going into Hamas training camps to prepare them for their act of terror.

On April 30 they carried out the bombing.

Hanif and Sharif are said to have waited for the beachfront bar to fill before detonating the bombs so they could kill and maim as many people as possible.

Hanif and three others died and 65 people were injured.

The act made Hanif Britain's first suicide bomber. Sharif's bombs failed to detonate. He fled and disposed of his bombs nearby. Some 12 days later his body was recovered from the sea.

A year after the attacks, Hamas released video footage shot in a Gaza flat of Hanif and Sharif explaining their motivations.

They brandished assault rifles and called on God to punish Tony Blair and George Bush.

Hanif also asked Muslims everywhere to be "people of action", while Sharif delivered a tirade in English against Israel.

Meanwhile, the Metropolitan police confirmed Hanif had moved to Blackburn from Pakistan as a child grew up in the town before moving to London before he was of college age.

Sergeant John Rigby, of Blackburn's ethnic minority's team, said: "This is fresh news for us and we are trying to see how much of a connection to the town he had.."

Yesterday the Old Bailey trial heard Sharif's brother Zahid, 39, researched extreme Muslim groups supporting the use of the tactic against Israel.

Police raided his home after Omar Sharif took part in the 'martyrdom operation'.

He denies failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism between March 31 and May 3, 2003.

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