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New York Times Square car bomb suspect indicted on 10 charges

Other News Materials 18 June 2010 04:04 (UTC +04:00)
New York Times Square bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad appeared in a U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Thursday. He was charged with 10 terrorism and weapons counts.
New York Times Square car bomb suspect indicted on 10 charges

New York Times Square bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad appeared in a U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Thursday. He was charged with 10 terrorism and weapons counts, Xinhua reported.
  
Shahzad, who was allegedly trying to set off a car bomb in Times Square on May 1, was indicted by a federal grand jury.
  
Pakistani-born Shahzad, who became a U.S. citizen in 2009, has been indicted on 10 charges, including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted terrorism transcending national borders.
  
The indictment alleged that Shahzad received explosives training in Waziristan, Pakistan, in December 2009 from trainers affiliated with Tehrik-e-Taliban, a militant extremist group based in Pakistan.
  
He faces life in prison if convicted.

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