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Faces of fear: the men who brought terror to Scotland

Torcuil Crichton examines the motivation of the doctor and the engineering student behind the attacks.

BILAL ABDULLA

There is little doubt that Abdulla wanted to die a martyr in the carnage and mayhem of a suicide attack on Glasgow Airport.

He had already spent 455 minutes, more than seven hours, crafting his last will - altering it on 39 occasions.