Egyptian Is Identified as Qatar Bomber

Qatari authorities Sunday blamed an Egyptian for the suicide car bombing of a theater that killed one Briton and injured 12 other people.

Saturday’s blast came days after a man purporting to be Al Qaeda’s leader in the Persian Gulf called for attacks on Western interests.

It was unclear if the attack was related to that call.

Qatari authorities identified the suicide bomber as Omar Ahmed Abdullah Ali, an Egyptian computer programmer for the state-owned Qatar Petroleum Co., saying he owned the car used in the attack.

An employee of the company said Ali was married with children.

There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack.

In Cairo, a government official declined to comment on the bomber’s alleged nationality, saying only that the Egyptian Embassy in Doha was seeking further details.

Ali’s uncle, Mohammed Abdullah, told reporters who went to the family home in the Sayeda Zeinab district of Cairo that his nephew could not have carried out the suicide attack, as he had spoken to him by telephone after the assault.