New York, October 05: Faisal Shahzad, the accused in the Times Square bombing has been sentenced to life in prison.
Shahzad was charged with driving a bomb-laden SUV into Times Square and parking it on a street lined with restaurants and New York’s famous Broadway theatres.
The Pakistan-born American citizen leaded guilty in June to the failed bombing on May 1 in New York. He was arrested two days later aboard a Dubai-bound plane, minutes before it was due to leave New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport.
Shahzad admitted he received training in bomb-making from the Pakistani Taliban, called Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, and said they had funded the failed attack.
Court documents made public revealed Shahzad had told investigators he thought his bomb would have killed at least 40 people, and that he had planned to carry out a second bombing attack two weeks later. The target of the second attack was not identified in the documents.
–Agencies