Bomb plot suspect says he acted alone
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May 5, 2010, Wednesday
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THE Pakistani-American suspect arrested on suspicion of trying to detonate a car bomb in New York's Times Square told investigators he acted alone and denied any ties to radical groups in his native Pakistan, a US law enforcement official said yesterday.
"He's admitted to buying the truck, putting the devices together, putting them in the truck, leaving the truck there and leaving the scene," the unnamed official said.
"He's claimed to have acted alone. He did admit to all the charges, so to speak," the official said, adding that investigators were still looking into his activities during a recent trip to Pakistan.
Faisal Shahzad, 30, was arrested on Monday on suspicion he bought the sport utility vehicle used to carry a crude bomb made of fuel and fireworks into Times Square on Saturday evening.
Shahzad, who received United States citizenship last year, was arrested at New York's John F. Kennedy airport while trying to fly to Dubai, officials said.
Shahzad recently visited Pakistan for about five months, returning to the US in February.
Shahzad was due to appear before a judge later yesterday to face charges that he tried to set off a massive fireball, federal authorities said.
Shahzad was not known to the US intelligence community before the Times Square incident.
US authorities "will not rest until we have brought everyone responsible to justice," Attorney Eric Holder said, suggesting additional suspects are being sought.
Investigators hadn't established an immediate connection to the Pakistani Taliban - which had claimed responsibility for the botched bombing in three videos - or any foreign terrorist groups, according to a law enforcement official.
"He's claimed to have acted alone, but these are things that have to be investigated," the official said.
FBI agents who searched a known address for Shahzad in Bridgeport, Connecticut, removed filled plastic bags from the house.
A bomb squad came and went without entering as local police and FBI agents gathered in the cordoned-off street.
Law enforcement officials say Shahzad bought the sport utility vehicle, a 1993 Nissan Pathfinder, from a Connecticut man about three weeks ago and paid cash.
The SUV was parked on Saturday night on a busy midtown Manhattan street near a theater showing "The Lion King."
The explosive device inside it had cheap-looking alarm clocks connected to a 16-ounce can filled with fireworks, which were apparently intended to detonate gas cans and set propane tanks afire in a chain reaction "to cause mayhem, to create casualties," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.
"He's admitted to buying the truck, putting the devices together, putting them in the truck, leaving the truck there and leaving the scene," the unnamed official said.
"He's claimed to have acted alone. He did admit to all the charges, so to speak," the official said, adding that investigators were still looking into his activities during a recent trip to Pakistan.
Faisal Shahzad, 30, was arrested on Monday on suspicion he bought the sport utility vehicle used to carry a crude bomb made of fuel and fireworks into Times Square on Saturday evening.
Shahzad, who received United States citizenship last year, was arrested at New York's John F. Kennedy airport while trying to fly to Dubai, officials said.
Shahzad recently visited Pakistan for about five months, returning to the US in February.
Shahzad was due to appear before a judge later yesterday to face charges that he tried to set off a massive fireball, federal authorities said.
Shahzad was not known to the US intelligence community before the Times Square incident.
US authorities "will not rest until we have brought everyone responsible to justice," Attorney Eric Holder said, suggesting additional suspects are being sought.
Investigators hadn't established an immediate connection to the Pakistani Taliban - which had claimed responsibility for the botched bombing in three videos - or any foreign terrorist groups, according to a law enforcement official.
"He's claimed to have acted alone, but these are things that have to be investigated," the official said.
FBI agents who searched a known address for Shahzad in Bridgeport, Connecticut, removed filled plastic bags from the house.
A bomb squad came and went without entering as local police and FBI agents gathered in the cordoned-off street.
Law enforcement officials say Shahzad bought the sport utility vehicle, a 1993 Nissan Pathfinder, from a Connecticut man about three weeks ago and paid cash.
The SUV was parked on Saturday night on a busy midtown Manhattan street near a theater showing "The Lion King."
The explosive device inside it had cheap-looking alarm clocks connected to a 16-ounce can filled with fireworks, which were apparently intended to detonate gas cans and set propane tanks afire in a chain reaction "to cause mayhem, to create casualties," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.
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