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New York police arrest man trying to build bomb
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November 21, 2011, Monday
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NEW York officials said yesterday police had arrested a man trying to build a pipe bomb with instructions from an al Qaeda magazine which he planned to use against US soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
The suspect - identified as Jose Pimentel, 27 - was charged with three terrorism-related counts and two other counts, court documents said.
Beyond soldiers, his intended targets were allegedly police officers and post offices, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said at a joint news conference with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and District Attorney Cyrus Vance, the chief prosecutor for Manhattan.
Pimentel had been under surveillance since May 2009 and was a "lone wolf" who got instructions on building a pipe bomb from "Inspire" magazine, published by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Kelly said.
Pimentel was arrested on Saturday, Bloomberg said.
In an interview with New York police, Pimentel admitted he "took active steps to build the bomb, including shaving the match heads and drilling holes in the pipes" and was "one hour away from completing it," the court documents said.
The suspect - identified as Jose Pimentel, 27 - was charged with three terrorism-related counts and two other counts, court documents said.
Beyond soldiers, his intended targets were allegedly police officers and post offices, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said at a joint news conference with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and District Attorney Cyrus Vance, the chief prosecutor for Manhattan.
Pimentel had been under surveillance since May 2009 and was a "lone wolf" who got instructions on building a pipe bomb from "Inspire" magazine, published by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Kelly said.
Pimentel was arrested on Saturday, Bloomberg said.
In an interview with New York police, Pimentel admitted he "took active steps to build the bomb, including shaving the match heads and drilling holes in the pipes" and was "one hour away from completing it," the court documents said.
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