Times Square Car Bomb

A man suspected of tossing a hoax bomb through the open window of a police vehicle in Times Square was taken into custody today after an overnight standoff a short drive away in Manhattan's landmark Columbus Circle, the New York Police Department said.

Terror suspect Faisal Shahzad has been charged with 10 terrorism and weapons counts in the botched Times Square car bombing in an indictment that also accuses him of receiving money and explosives training from Pakistani Taliban.The charges include conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, attempting an act of terrorism, transportation of an ...

Pakistani officials have detained an 11th suspect in connection with the probe into the failed car bomb attack in New York by Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, a media report said on Thursday.The latest suspect to be detained is a man named Qamar Ejaz, a Pakistani intelligence source said. Ejaz's brother, Adnan Ejaz, is a former Pakistan Army majo...

The suspect in a botched car bombing in Times Square appeared in court on Tuesday on terrorism and weapons charges for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago and was quickly led away in handcuffs after being held without bail.

Federal authorities on Thursday raided several locations in the Northeast and took three people into custody as part of the investigation into the failed Times Square car bombing.

After Pakistan-born American Faisal Shahzad's arrest in New York for the Times Square car bomb plot, another Pakistan national is in trouble.

Saying they obtained new evidence, senior White House officials said on Sunday that the Pakistani Taliban were behind the failed Times Square bombing.The attempt marks the first time the group has been able to launch an attack on US soil. And while US officials have downplayed the threat -- citing the bomb's lack of sophistication -- the incident i...

Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American accused of trying to blow up a car bomb in the heart of Times Square in New York, may have been poring through the Internet since 2006 to gather information on jihad.

In the days before his failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in the heart of Times Square, the man who had recently returned from his native Pakistan did a dry run and dropped off a getaway car blocks from the site, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.Faisal Shahzad, now in custody on terrorism and weapons charges, drove a 1993 Nis...

American officials said on Wednesday that it was very likely that a radical group once thought unable to attack the United States had played a role in the bombing attempt in Times Square, elevating concerns about whether other militant groups could deliver at least a glancing blow on American soil. Officials said that after two days of intense ques...

The Pakistani-American accused of the failed Times Square car bombing is believed to have been working alone when he began preparing the attack almost immediately after returning from his native land, authorities said on Wednesday.They said they have yet to find a wider link to extremist groups.Two new surveillance videos emerged of the bomb suspec...

Among the enduring images left by car bombings, overseas or in the United States, is investigators on their hands and knees, crawling through the wreckage searching for clues: a blasting cap or a timing device, a piece of the explosive's casing or a trace of the chemicals used.

Federal agents and police detectives have arrested a Connecticut man, Faisal Shahzad, in connection with Saturday's failed Times Square car bombing, two people briefed on the investigation said.

The investigation into the Times Square car bomb now seems to point towards an international link, rather than domestic or anti-government groups.

The police and FBI investigators have tracked down the owner of the 1993 Nissan Pathfinder that contained the makings of a crude car bomb discovered in Times Square over the weekend.

A man suspected of tossing a hoax bomb through the open window of a police vehicle in Times Square was taken into custody today after an overnight standoff a short drive away in Manhattan's landmark Columbus Circle, the New York Police Department said.

Terror suspect Faisal Shahzad has been charged with 10 terrorism and weapons counts in the botched Times Square car bombing in an indictment that also accuses him of receiving money and explosives training from Pakistani Taliban.The charges include conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, attempting an act of terrorism, transportation of an ...

Pakistani officials have detained an 11th suspect in connection with the probe into the failed car bomb attack in New York by Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, a media report said on Thursday.The latest suspect to be detained is a man named Qamar Ejaz, a Pakistani intelligence source said. Ejaz's brother, Adnan Ejaz, is a former Pakistan Army majo...

The suspect in a botched car bombing in Times Square appeared in court on Tuesday on terrorism and weapons charges for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago and was quickly led away in handcuffs after being held without bail.

Federal authorities on Thursday raided several locations in the Northeast and took three people into custody as part of the investigation into the failed Times Square car bombing.

After Pakistan-born American Faisal Shahzad's arrest in New York for the Times Square car bomb plot, another Pakistan national is in trouble.

Saying they obtained new evidence, senior White House officials said on Sunday that the Pakistani Taliban were behind the failed Times Square bombing.The attempt marks the first time the group has been able to launch an attack on US soil. And while US officials have downplayed the threat -- citing the bomb's lack of sophistication -- the incident i...

Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American accused of trying to blow up a car bomb in the heart of Times Square in New York, may have been poring through the Internet since 2006 to gather information on jihad.

In the days before his failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in the heart of Times Square, the man who had recently returned from his native Pakistan did a dry run and dropped off a getaway car blocks from the site, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.Faisal Shahzad, now in custody on terrorism and weapons charges, drove a 1993 Nis...

American officials said on Wednesday that it was very likely that a radical group once thought unable to attack the United States had played a role in the bombing attempt in Times Square, elevating concerns about whether other militant groups could deliver at least a glancing blow on American soil. Officials said that after two days of intense ques...

The Pakistani-American accused of the failed Times Square car bombing is believed to have been working alone when he began preparing the attack almost immediately after returning from his native land, authorities said on Wednesday.They said they have yet to find a wider link to extremist groups.Two new surveillance videos emerged of the bomb suspec...

Among the enduring images left by car bombings, overseas or in the United States, is investigators on their hands and knees, crawling through the wreckage searching for clues: a blasting cap or a timing device, a piece of the explosive's casing or a trace of the chemicals used.

Federal agents and police detectives have arrested a Connecticut man, Faisal Shahzad, in connection with Saturday's failed Times Square car bombing, two people briefed on the investigation said.

The investigation into the Times Square car bomb now seems to point towards an international link, rather than domestic or anti-government groups.

The police and FBI investigators have tracked down the owner of the 1993 Nissan Pathfinder that contained the makings of a crude car bomb discovered in Times Square over the weekend.