Times Square Bombing Suspect to Appear in NY Court
VOA News
18 May 2010
U.S. prosecutors say the suspect in the recent failed car bombing in New York City's Times Square is to make his first appearance later Tuesday in federal court.
Officials made the announcement in the case of 30-year-old Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-born U.S. citizen. He faces five felony charges related to the botched incident on May 1.
Shahzad has been charged with attempting to kill and maim Americans using a weapon of mass destruction. Officials also say he has admitted receiving bomb-making training in Pakistan.
The suspect was arrested May 3 after law enforcement agents connected him to a car parked in Times Square with a crude bomb inside. He was tracked down and removed from an airplane as it prepared to leave New York for Dubai.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has called the attempted attack a "terrorist plot aimed at murdering Americans."
Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.
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