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Associated Press
FBI Foils New York Fed Bomb Plot
A Bangladeshi man was arrested Wednesday and charged with trying to detonate a 1,000-pound car bomb outside the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a target he chose in a bid to disrupt the U.S. economy, authorities said. Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis was taken into custody in a lower Manhattan hotel room after repeatedly using a cellphone to try to detonate material that he believed was a bomb in a van parked outside the New York Fed, officials said.
Mr. Nafis, who is 21 years old, was held without bail after a brief arraignment Wednesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn. He wasn’t required to enter a plea, and his attorney declined to comment. He was arrested as part of a Federal Bureau of Investigation sting and is charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to provide material support to al Qaeda.
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FBI Foils New York Fed Bomb Plot
A Bangladeshi man was arrested Wednesday and charged with trying to detonate a 1,000-pound car bomb outside the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a target he chose in a bid to disrupt the U.S. economy, authorities said. Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis was taken into custody in a lower Manhattan hotel room after repeatedly using a cellphone to try to detonate material that he believed was a bomb in a van parked outside the New York Fed, officials said.
Mr. Nafis, who is 21 years old, was held without bail after a brief arraignment Wednesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn. He wasn’t required to enter a plea, and his attorney declined to comment. He was arrested as part of a Federal Bureau of Investigation sting and is charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to provide material support to al Qaeda.
The Wall Street Journal This Morning is a nationally syndicated radio show bringing you “America’s First News” on over 200 radio stations every morning. To get the latest updates, follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook. Don’t have an affiliate station in your town? Subscribe to the podcast!