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Christmas Day would-be plane bomber indicted

Published on 6 January 2010 - 11:35pm
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The Nigerian man who tried to blow up a plane approaching Detroit in the United States on Christmas Day has been indicted for the attempted murder of 289 people.

 

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab faces a total of six charges which also include attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. He was on a flight from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport to Detroit on 25 December and tried unsuccessfully to detonate an explosive powder shortly before landing.

 

The 23-year-old was overpowered by other passengers and crew on the plane. He says he obtained the explosives from members of al-Qaeda in Yemen where he underwent terrorist training.

 

 

 

 

photo: would-be bomber’s arrest (CNN)
 

  • would-be bomber’s arrest (CNN)

Discussion

Nona 7 January 2010 - 1:10pm / Norway

Yet another Islamic failure. These impostors have not ruined a flight for eight and a half years now. Hopeless, incompetent scum. What else can you expect from a crowd whose criminal religion was founded by a man who married a nine year old girl? Dirty animals!

2010 winter olympics 7 January 2010 - 9:29am / UK

289 passengers could have lost their lives if the authorities would have not acted in time. As for the bomber he should be punished severely.

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