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Suspected New York City bus terminal bomber Akayed Ullah has been charged with terror offences, police say. Suspected New York City bus terminal bomber Akayed Ullah has been charged with terror offences.
The 27-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant was wounded in the attack at the Post Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan on Monday morning. The Bangladeshi immigrant is accused of providing support to a terrorist organisation and using a weapon of mass destruction, federal prosecutors say.
Mr Ullah is reported to be in a serious condition in hospital after suffering burns when a crude device that was strapped to his body exploded. Mr Ullah, 27, was wounded in the attack at the Post Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan on Monday morning.
Three other people suffered minor wounds in the blast during rush hour. A crude device that was strapped to his body blew up during rush hour. Three other people suffered minor wounds.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) tweeted on Tuesday that Mr Ullah had been charged with criminal possession of a weapon, supporting an act of terrorism and making a "terroristic threat".The New York Police Department (NYPD) tweeted on Tuesday that Mr Ullah had been charged with criminal possession of a weapon, supporting an act of terrorism and making a "terroristic threat".
He told police investigators he had been inspired by Christmas terror attacks in Europe and selected the Port Authority bus terminal after seeing a number of festive posters on the subway walls, US media report. US prosecutors later announced the federal terror-related charges.
Mr Ullah said the planned attack had been motivated by US air strikes on IS targets in Syria and elsewhere, the New York Times reports. Mr Ullah told investigators that he had made the bomb at home using materials that included Christmas lights wire, prosecutors say. The device was affixed to his body with Velcro straps.
Reports say he used piping, nails, a 9-volt battery and Christmas lights wire to build the device. It was affixed to his body with Velcro straps. He admitted doing "it for the Islamic State" and was motivated by US air strikes on IS targets, according to the federal complaint filed by prosecutors.
They say that just before the attack he wrote a Facebook post that read: "Trump you failed to protect your nation."
The suspect's home in the New York City borough of Brooklyn is being searched. Police believe he acted alone.The suspect's home in the New York City borough of Brooklyn is being searched. Police believe he acted alone.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller told CBS that the suspect was "not particularly struggling financially" and was not on police or FBI radar.NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller told CBS that the suspect was "not particularly struggling financially" and was not on police or FBI radar.
"This is somewhat characteristic of what we're seeing across the world, which is somebody who turns up one day, out of the blue," he said on Tuesday."This is somewhat characteristic of what we're seeing across the world, which is somebody who turns up one day, out of the blue," he said on Tuesday.
Mr Ullah emigrated to the US on a family visa in 2011 from the Chittagong area of Bangladesh.Mr Ullah emigrated to the US on a family visa in 2011 from the Chittagong area of Bangladesh.
The Bangladeshi government says he had no criminal record in the country, which he last visited in September. The visit lasted about six weeks, his uncle told the Associated Press news agency.The Bangladeshi government says he had no criminal record in the country, which he last visited in September. The visit lasted about six weeks, his uncle told the Associated Press news agency.
Mr Ullah's wife did not join him in the US. She and other family members are now being questioned to try to understand how he was radicalised.Mr Ullah's wife did not join him in the US. She and other family members are now being questioned to try to understand how he was radicalised.
US President Donald Trump has said Monday's attack, which followed a terror attack in Manhattan in October that killed eight people, "highlights the urgent need... to enact legislative reforms to protect the American people".US President Donald Trump has said Monday's attack, which followed a terror attack in Manhattan in October that killed eight people, "highlights the urgent need... to enact legislative reforms to protect the American people".
"America must fix its lax immigration system, which allows far too many dangerous, inadequately vetted people to access our country," Mr Trump added."America must fix its lax immigration system, which allows far too many dangerous, inadequately vetted people to access our country," Mr Trump added.