Man arrested in plot to blow up New York Fed
Federal authorities running a sting operation arrested a 21-year-old man who they say was planning to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in lower Manhattan, officials said Wednesday.
Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis was arrested after an attempt to detonate what he believed was a 1,000-pound bomb, authorities said Wednesday.
He is expected to make an initial court appearance Wednesday at a federal courthouse in Brooklyn.
Authorities say the public was not in danger because the suspect never acquired the necessary material for a bomb.
The "explosives that he allegedly sought and attempted to use had been rendered inoperable by law enforcement and posed no threat to the public," according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch
He faces charges of "attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to provide material support to al Qaeda."
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Looks like he is from India.
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This is absurd. If the government knew he was planning to blow up the building ,why was he allowed to attempt to carry out his plan? How did they know he had not aquired the right material to make a bomb? This seems like the government was playing with the American citizens life. What would've happened if he had really aquired the neccessary material? Would the government have takien responsibility if he had been successful? Also, who decides whether or not to tell the Amerocan people. The American people have the right to know when their life is in danger, not after the fact.
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