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Times Square Bomb Suspect Indicted On 10 Counts

18 June 2010 18:14 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. The Department of Justice announced that Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani naturalized U.S. citizen accused of leaving a Nissan Pathfinder with a bomb in Times Square on May 1, was indicted on 10 counts, including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted use of a destructive device during and in relation to a conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries, yesterday, APA reports quoting gothamist.com web-page.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara also specifically accused of Shahzad "conspiring with the Pakistani Taliban to wreak death and destruction in Times Square."
The indictment (PDF) also gives a timeline for Shahzad’s actions. For instance, he "received explosives training in Waziristan, Pakistan, from explosive trainers affiliated with Tehrik-e-Taliban, a militant extremist group based in Pakistan" in December 2009 and received $5,000 in cash while in Massachusetts from a co-conspirator on February 25, 2010 and $7,000 in cash in Rokonkoma, at the same co-conspirator’s direction, on April 10. The money later went to purchase a 9mm Kel-Tec rifle, the Nissan Pathfinder, and explosives found in the Pathfinder.
Shahzad, who was arrested on May 3 and has reportedly been cooperating with authorities, will be arraigned on Monday.