Deletion of Abdulfarouk Umar Muttalab

Comment: This person will continue to accrue reported biographical data due to the high-profile nature of the crime, investigation, and its current significant and continuing changes to airline and airport security procedures. His background, motives, recent history and actions are extremely important to this significant event and should not be trimmed to avoid undue weight if it exists only within the Flight 253 article. The event is highly significant and the individual's role is highly significant, and so doesn't fall within 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ONEEVENT)

Comment: I redirected Jasper Schuringa for the same reason but this one is far less cut and dried. Clearly a lot more information about him will come out as the story develops and there is almost certain to be a trial. If we get rid of the article now then we may well end up needing it again later.  gives some examples of when people should and should not have articles. None of them fits this case perfectly but it feels like this is more like the examples which should have articles. Creation of the article may have been premature but, unless the story changes drastically over the next day or two, I see this as comparable to Richard Reid (shoe bomber
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ONEEVENT)