Abu Sufian bin Qumu

Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamuda Bin Qumu (Arabic: أبو سفيان إبراهيم أحمد حمودة بن قمو, born 26 June 1959) is a citizen of Libya who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts report he was born on 26 June 1959, in Derna, Libya.

Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamuda Bin Qumu
Born (1959-06-26) 26 June 1959
Derna, Libya
Detained at Guantanamo
Other name(s) 
  • Arabic: أبو سفيان إبراهيم أحمد حمودة بن قمو
  • Soufian bin Qamou
ISN557
Charge(s)No charge (held in extrajudicial detention)
StatusRepatriated to Libyan custody; allegedly became a rebel commander in the Libyan civil war, allegedly founded a branch of the Islamist Ansar al-Sharia group

Bin Qumu was transferred to Libya on 28 September 2007. In 2011, he was the leader of a band of fighters in his hometown of Derna during the 2011 Libyan civil war. After the war, he led the militant Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia's Derna branch.

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