18th of June, 2010, The city of New York, US
Pakistani American Faisal shahzad, who is involved in the Times Square bomb fixation event, is indicted by the federal grand jury. He has been indicted for bombing attempts on ten counts and on the act of inciting the act of international terrorism.
Six out of ten charges that have been enforced on the terrorist mastermind carry a life time sentence. Two of the counts have a mandatory life sentence for which the convict can have no escape. This was confirmed by a statement of the department of justice of New York on Thursday.
As per the attorney general Eric Holder, the brain behind the attack on the soil of America was the Taliban and Faisal was used as a loyal instrument. The mastermind had received intense training on the explosive manufacturing from the Taliban wing of Afghanistan known as tehrik – e – Taliban.
The mastermind was arrested in connection with botched vehicle bomb that he planted in the Times Square but was not successful as far as the explosion was concerned. This happened on the first of May. He was arrested later while trying to flee to Pakistan from the john f Kennedy international airport.
As per the top counter terrorism professionals, the mastermind also pondered attacks on Rockefeller Center, Grand Central Terminal and the World Financial Centre in New York City, as well as Connecticut helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky .
