Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Things Can Change In A New York Minute, Part 4

We've got a suspect in custody for Saturday's bombing attempt, 30 year old pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad.
A naturalized American citizen from Pakistan arrested overnight in the Times Square bombing investigation will appear in a Manhattan federal courtroom Tuesday morning to face formal charges in the case.

Faisal Shahzad, 30, was on board an Emirates Airlines plane at JFK International Airport when he was taken into custody, law enforcement officials said. A law enforcement official told CNN Shahzad's final destination was Pakistan.

Shahzad was arrested at 11:45 p.m. Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder said early Tuesday from Washington.

A federal law enforcement source said Shahzad nearly made it out of the country.

"They just caught him at the last second," according to the source, who said Shahzad was on board the flight to Dubai and the jetway had been pulled back when the plane was called to return to the gate.
Shazad owned the SUV (he bought it off of Craigslist) and nearly escaped to Dubai.  Good work for the Fibbies, they got their man in less than 48 hours.

Now the questions begin.  There's no doubt that Shahzad's motive was to cause damage and terror, but who were his alleged targets?  Lot of questions, lot of answers that will lead to more questions, but at least there's a suspect in custody.

No comments:

Post a Comment