Washington, December 29: More bombers are on their way to target America, the Nigerian al Qaeda suspect charged for trying to blow up a US airliner has told FBI, setting alarm bells among intelligence and security apparatus here.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab told FBI that “there were more just like him in Yemen and would strike soon,” the ABC News reported quoting officials familiar with the investigation.
A tape released by al Qaeda leaders in Yemen some four days before the failed attempt to blow up the US plane, had said that “we are carrying bomb to hit the enemies of God”.
Abdulmutallab, 23, has been charged with attempting to blow up the US plane and planting an explosive device on it.
He was arrested soon after his failed bid to ignite explosives inside the Amsterdam-Detroit Northwest Airlines flight 253 on Christmas Day with nearly 300 people on board.
–PTI