Feds file bomb plot charge against terror suspect
WASHINGTON — Terror suspect Najibullah Zazi has been indicted on a charge of trying to detonate bombs in the United States.Zazi is to appear in court in Denver on a count…
WASHINGTON — Terror suspect Najibullah Zazi has been indicted on a charge of trying to detonate bombs in the United States.Zazi is to appear in court in Denver on a count of lying to terrorism investigators. The new charge of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction was filed in New York.Authorities plan to transfer him to the federal court in Brooklyn to face the new charge.Zazi has publicly denied any terrorist plotting. Counterterrorism agents fear he and others may have been planning to detonate homemade bombs on New York City commuter trains.Zazi's father and a Queens imam have also been charged with lying to investigators in the case.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.NEW YORK (AP) — Casting a wide net in a neighborhood where high-profile raids prompted nationwide terror warnings, investigators searched for anyone who might have been behind the alleged terror plot beyond an airport shuttle driver and two others, authorities said.The driver, Najibullah Zazi, his father and New York City imam Ahmad Wais Afzali all were scheduled to be in court for detention hearings later Thursday in Denver and New York. Authorities say they found bomb-making instructions on a hard drive on Zazi's laptop computer but still were unsure of the specific target or scope of a possible terrorist attack.The 24-year-old Zazi — whom authorities have linked to al-Qaida — his father and Afzali have been charged with lying to FBI investigators trying to uncover the terror plot. Zazi met with his attorneys in Colorado on Wednesday. His father, Mohammed Zazi, was expected to be freed on $50,000 bail after Thursday's hearing.The arrests came after the raids of several apartments in the Queens neighborhood, where Zazi had driven from Denver to visit earlier this month, and were followed by a flurry of nationwide warnings of possible strikes on transit, sports and entertainment complexes.On Wednesday, hundreds of federal agents and NYPD investi
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