Faisal Shahzad live in this house with his two kids and wife in Shelton Conneticut until June 2009
On Saturday, May 1st, 6:30 pm in the heart of Times Square, an "amateurish" car bomb was attempted by a 'Hispanic or Middle Eastern' man. This is a video of the suspect for the NYPD, who say that "surveillance footage that showed a white man who appeared to be in his 40's walking away from the area as he looked over his shoulder and removed a layer of clothing."
Officials say that if an explosion had actually taken place, many people would have died, and many more injured. Also glass would have shattered, but none of the buildings would have collapsed. "For New Yorkers who bore the brunt of the September 11 attacks by Al Qaeda militants in 2001, the scare was a reminder that their city of 8 million people is under constant threat."
On Monday, two days later, a Connecticut man from Pakistan, Faisal Shahzad, age 30, was taken into custody just before midnight at Kennedy Airport. His flight was going to Dubai, but fortunantly, he was arrested before the plane took off. Two other men were also interviewed by authorities but were released, Shahzad confessed and said that he worked alone.
More information can be found in these websites:
1. New York Times
2. Boston Globe
3. Reuters
2 comments:
I cant belive that the guy who set the bomb almost got away and we were all so lucky that, that bomb attempt failed. I don't even want to know what would have happened to that city and this country if it had worked
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