Female Suicide Bomber Embraced Selfies, Clubs & Facebook
Nov. 24 2015, Updated 3:00 p.m. ET
The female suicide bomber who used a vest of explosives to kill herself during a Paris raid this week did not live by religious standards with vapid values and a partying lifestyle, friends said.
Hasna Aitboulahcen, 26, was a "party animal who loved clubbing," her friend Amin Abou told the UK Mirror, adding more details on the misguided young woman.
"She drank alcohol and smoked and went around with lots of different guys — she had a bad reputation — she had lots of boyfriends, but nothing serious."
Aitboulahcen embraced Western fashions and wasn't particularly religious or political, according to her acquaintance Mattius Jacques.
"She never wore hijab, she didn't go to mosque or pray, she never spoke about the news or Palestine or anything," Jacques told the publication.
Aitboulahcen's brother Youssouf echoed similar remarks on DailyMail.com, as he said that "she was permanently on her phone, looking at Facebook or WhatsApp.
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"She was living in her own world — she was not interested in studying her religion — I never saw her open the Koran."
Jihadi extremists used the misguided Aitboulahcen as a sacrificial lab in their terror efforts, an associate named Khemissa told the BBC.
"I don't think she had the intention to be a suicide bomber; I don't think she planned it, it must have been a last-minute thing — she was influenced," Khemissa said, nothing that "she must have been drugged" prior to the deadly explosion.