A pipe bomb went off in an underground tunnel linking the Times Square subway station and the Port Authority bus terminal Monday morning. Police have taken one man into custody, who was wearing the homemade explosive. The suspect has been identified as 27-year-old Bangladeshi national Akayed Ullah, who has been living in the U.S. for seven years. Former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said the suspect 'supposedly was setting the device off in the name of ISIS' and that it was 'definitely a terrorist attack, definitely intended'. CNN reports that the bomb detonated prematurely and that if it had gone off as intended the damage could have been catastrophic. Ullah allegedly told investigators at the hospital that he carried out the attack because 'they've been bombing in my country'. He also revealed that he made the device at his job at an electrical company. The FDNY says three other people reported to local hospitals for minor injuries. The incident happened just days after President Trump sparked demonstrations across the world by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital city. One of the largest demonstrations took place in Muslim-majority Bangladesh....read
Angry about Israel: Failed Brooklyn-based Bangladeshi cab driver, 27, in a suicide vest causes rush hour panic when 'revenge' pipe bomb he learned to make on the internet explodes too early
11/12/17 21:04
