The FBI has found a will in the luggage of Mohammed Atta, one of the hijackers of the September 11 terror attacks, according to weekly magazine Der Spiegel in its edition to appear on Monday.
In a letter dated April 11, 1996, co-signed by two witnesses, the Egyptian hijacker gives a list of 18 instructions for "what those who inherit my belongings must do", Der Spiegel said.
The document was found by officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States along with three copies of an instruction letter, according to the report.
The first copy was found in Atta's luggage, which failed to be transferred from the flight he took from Portland (Maine) to Boston onto his corresponding flight.
Atta, an Egyptian national, is suspected of seizing control of the first jet which ploughed into the World Trade Center in New York on September 11.
In his letter, Atta urges his family and any other reader to "fear God and to not go the wrong way in life".
Atta then gives instructions on how to perform a ritual on his body after death.
He asks for "good Muslims" to watch over his body and for "pregnant women and impure people" to keep away, adding that "women must neither be present at my burial nor gather around my tomb."
He affirms that he dies as a Muslim, and calls on "good Muslims" to turn towards Mecca.
Finally, Atta leaves the threat that all those who disobey his will's instructions "should suffer the consequences” -- HAMBURG, Germany (AFP)
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