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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, 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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