VERO BEACH, Fla. – The American man who launched a suicide bombing against Syrian government troops grew up in Central Florida and attended several colleges in the state before moving abroad.
U.S. officials identified the bomber as Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha of Florida, but have said little else. Records show a person with that name lived with his family in a stucco home in a gated community plunked among the Orange Groves on the edge of Vero Beach.
A member of the neighborhood homeowners association said the family had moved twice within the neighborhood since they lost their home to foreclosure a few years back.
A spokesman for Seminole State College of Florida said Abu-Salha enrolled in the school in August of 2011 but never graduated.