NDTV on May 14 reports that one of the suicide bombers who attempted to bomb the luxury Taj Samudra hotel in Sri Lanka capital Colombo, was radicalised by British-Pakistani radical preacher Anjem Choudary while he was studying at a University in London. Abdul Latheef Mohamed Jameel who was from a wealthy family involved in the tea trade, reportedly met the radical preacher while studying at Kingston University. According to a security official, He (Jameel) was completely radicalised and supported the extremist ideology. I tried to reason with him. When I asked him how he got into this... he said that he attended the sermons of the radical British preacher Anjem Choudary in London. He said he met him during the sermons”. Anjem Choudary is considered one of the UK's most influential and dangerous radical preachers. He was convicted and jailed in 2016 for inviting support for Islamic State (IS) but was released in 2018.