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Bomber was good lad who volunteered in community Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=39&ArticleID=1083280 http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=39&ArticleID=1083280 Bomber had chippie job He was 'good lad' with love of sports By Louise Male ShAhzad Tanweer was known in the local Beeston community as a "good lad" who "loved cricket and jujitsu". He volunteered at the local community centre playing sports with young children. The 22-year-old from 51, Colwyn Road is believed to be dead and anti-terrorist officers have strong forensic evidence linking Shahzad to the blast on the underground train near Aldgate. Shahzah - known as Khaka to his mates - lived in Colwyn Road with his family, headed by businessman Mumtaz who owns South Leeds Fisheries on Tempest Road. Dad of four Mumtaz bought the next door semi, Number 49, 10 years ago and knocked the two together. Locals said the family had lived there for a number of years and the head of the household was a well respected local businessman who runs the fish and chip shop about a quarter of a mile away. They said he lives at the house with his wife, two daughters and two sons. One of the sons is in his early 20s while the other children are in their teens, neighbours said. Many of the youths in the area said the eldest son had not been seen since last week. Friends said that Shahzad had travelled to Afghanistan and Pakistan within the last six months, prompting fears he may have attended an al-Qaeda training camp. Talking to the Yorkshire Evening Post one friend said: "He isn't interested in politics, he was just a good lad who loved sports. "He played sports with the kids at the community centre. I can't believe he is involved in any of this." Another pal said: "He is really into his jujitsu. He is really fit." Shahzad's father, Mohammed Mumtaz, was originally from the Faisalabad region of Pakistan. The 22-year-old did not have a regular job but sometimes worked in his father's fish and chip shop. It is one of several businesses Mr Mumtaz has owned, including a curry takeaway and a meat shop. According to family and friends Shehzad, despite his secular appearance, went to many mosques but was a regular at the Bangali mosque on Dewsbury Road near his home. Neighbours say they recall him as a smiling boy who would play cricket and football with his friends and his brother on the streets. Shahzad and his siblings would work in his father's takeaway after school and as teenagers helped behind the counter of the fish and chip shop. But there were signs that recently he was becoming a more hardline Muslim. He went to the mosque every day, and was a regular at at least three local mosques. "Whenever you saw him he would always say he was on his way to the mosque," said a friend who did not want to be named. His mother, Parvez Akhtar, and father are respected in Beeston. "They are all good people. All Shahzad wanted to do was to have a laugh," said Azi. He said he was going to London Hasib Tir Hussain, 19, who lived at Colenso Mount, Holbeck, Leeds, is thought to have carried out the attack on the number 30 bus. He lived with his parents, brother and sister. Hasib's family reported him missing after he went to London triggering the investigation which led anti-terror police to Leeds. His driving licence and cash cards were found in the mangled wreckage of the number 30 bus which blew up in Tavistock Square, killing 13 people. He had told his parents he was going to London with friends for a religious lecture on the day of the attacks and at 10.20pm that day they reported him missing to the police casualty bureau. In Stratford Street, Beeston, a friend of Hasib Hussain, another of the suspected bombers, said he was very tall and known as a gentle giant. "He never came across as a fanatic,"said the friend, who did not want to be named. He said that Hasib, 19, and Shahzad were very good friends: "Shahzad was always telling kids to stay out of trouble and make something of their lives." He added that Hasib had travelled to the hajj - the Muslim pilgrimage - in Mecca. louise.male@ypn.co.uk 13 July 2005

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