USA: Criminal complaint documents show charges against suspect in New York Fed bomb plot case

Record ID: 357552

  • Title: USA: Criminal complaint documents show charges against suspect in New York Fed bomb plot case
  • Date: 17th October 2012
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 17, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF THE NEW YORK FEDERAL RESERVE BANK VARIOUS OF POLICE ACTIVITY OUTSIDE THE BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 1st November 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Crime,Economy
  • Reuters ID: LVAE6W1YTAJ060KRX4IIYUA5HZUW
  • Story Text: The Federal Reserve Bank in New York sees a heavy presence of police after a foiled bomb plot. Court documents show that 21-year-old Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis attempted to blow up the New York Federal Reserve Bank with what he believed was a 1,000-pound (453 kilogram) bomb -- a plot thwarted by an undercover sting operation, federal authorities said.


    The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday (October 17) arrested a 21-year-old Bangladeshi man on charges he attempted to blow up the New York Federal Reserve Bank with what he believed was a 1,000-pound (453-kg) bomb, a plot thwarted by an undercover sting operation, federal authorities said.
    Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis faces charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to provide material support to al-Qaeda, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.
    The public was not in danger, because the explosives provided to Nafis by the undercover agent were never in working condition.
    Nafis traveled to the United States in January, 2012, and considered several targets for his attack, including a high-ranking government official and the New York Stock Exchange, but in the end decided to focus on the Federal Reserve Bank in lower Manhattan, according to the criminal complaint.
    The Federal Reserve could not immediately be reached for comment.
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