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Bangladeshi man to plead guilty in plot to bomb NY Federal Reserve
Source: Reuters
Bangladeshi man to plead guilty in plot to bomb NY Federal Reserve
By Jessica Dye
NEW YORK | Thu Feb 7, 2013 6:07am EST
(Reuters) - A Bangladeshi man is expected to plead guilty Thursday to attempting to blow up the New York Federal Reserve Bank with what he believed to be a van packed with explosives, according to court documents.
Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, was arrested on October 17 after pulling up to the Federal Reserve and attempting to detonate what he believed to be a 1,000-lb (454-kg) bomb hidden in a van.
In fact, an undercover agent provided the explosives to Nafis as part of a sting operation, and the bomb was never in working condition, federal authorities said.
Nafis was charged with one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and one count of attempting to provide material support to a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, al Qaeda. He faced up to life in prison on those charges.
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By Jessica Dye
NEW YORK | Thu Feb 7, 2013 6:07am EST
(Reuters) - A Bangladeshi man is expected to plead guilty Thursday to attempting to blow up the New York Federal Reserve Bank with what he believed to be a van packed with explosives, according to court documents.
Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, was arrested on October 17 after pulling up to the Federal Reserve and attempting to detonate what he believed to be a 1,000-lb (454-kg) bomb hidden in a van.
In fact, an undercover agent provided the explosives to Nafis as part of a sting operation, and the bomb was never in working condition, federal authorities said.
Nafis was charged with one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and one count of attempting to provide material support to a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, al Qaeda. He faced up to life in prison on those charges.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/07/us-usa-bomb-plea-idUSBRE9160EG20130207
