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| Four people have been charged in the US over a plot to bomb John F Kennedy airport in New York, US officials said. | Four people have been charged in the US over a plot to bomb John F Kennedy airport in New York, US officials said. |
| They include a former cargo worker and a former MP for the Caribbean nation of Guyana. One of the four suspects is a fugitive, believed to be in Trinidad. | They include a former cargo worker and a former MP for the Caribbean nation of Guyana. One of the four suspects is a fugitive, believed to be in Trinidad. |
| The plot, which did not go past the planning stages, involved blowing up the airport's fuel tanks and a pipeline, officials said. | The plot, which did not go past the planning stages, involved blowing up the airport's fuel tanks and a pipeline, officials said. |
| One arrest was in New York and the other two took place in Trinidad. | One arrest was in New York and the other two took place in Trinidad. |
| The US Justice Department said the four suspects were charged with "conspiring to attack JFK airport by planting explosives to blow up the airport's major jet-fuel supply tanks and pipeline." | The US Justice Department said the four suspects were charged with "conspiring to attack JFK airport by planting explosives to blow up the airport's major jet-fuel supply tanks and pipeline." |
| "There is no threat to air safety or the public related to this plot," said FBI spokesman Richard Kolko in Washington. | "There is no threat to air safety or the public related to this plot," said FBI spokesman Richard Kolko in Washington. |
| A 40 mile (64km) pipeline carrying jet fuel to two other airports in the area - LaGuardia and Newark Liberty - was also a target, police said. | |
| A former cargo worker at JFK, originally from Guyana, named Russell Defreitas, was arrested in New York late on Friday. | A former cargo worker at JFK, originally from Guyana, named Russell Defreitas, was arrested in New York late on Friday. |
| The alleged plot was brought to light when Mr Defreitas recruited an FBI informant to help him plan to blow up JFK airport's fuel tanks. | The alleged plot was brought to light when Mr Defreitas recruited an FBI informant to help him plan to blow up JFK airport's fuel tanks. |
| The alleged plan had been in the works for two or three years but was nowhere near ready to be put in place, officials said. | The alleged plan had been in the works for two or three years but was nowhere near ready to be put in place, officials said. |