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Fourth 'JFK plot' man surrenders Fourth 'JFK plot' man surrenders
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A man wanted over an alleged plot to blow up New York's JFK airport has surrendered to police in Trinidad and Tobago, officials say. The fourth man wanted over an alleged plot to blow up New York's JFK airport has surrendered to police in Trinidad and Tobago, officials there say.
Abdel Nur of Guyana turned himself in at a police station at Diego Martin in western Trinidad, said police. Abdel Nur of Guyana turned himself in at a police station at Diego Martin in western Trinidad, police said.
He was the only one of four suspects in the alleged plot still at large. He was the only one of the suspects in the alleged plot still at large.
Two men are already being held in Trinidad fighting moves to extradite them to the US and one man is in custody in New York.Two men are already being held in Trinidad fighting moves to extradite them to the US and one man is in custody in New York.
The four men are accused of conspiring to blow up fuel tanks and pipelines serving the airport, one of the world's busiest.The four men are accused of conspiring to blow up fuel tanks and pipelines serving the airport, one of the world's busiest.
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Mr Nur surrendered after photographs of him appeared on all newspaper front pages and on television.
Mark Mershon, the head of the FBI in New York praised the Trinidadian police authorities for the detention.
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"I am confident that the pressure brought to bear by the Trinidadian police authorities contributed to his surrender," Mr Mershon said.
US police announced on Saturday that they had broken up the alleged plot.US police announced on Saturday that they had broken up the alleged plot.
Kareem Ibrahim (l) and Abdul Kadir at court in Trinidad on Monday
Kareem Ibrahim of Trinidad and Abdul Kadir, a former member of parliament of Guyana, were arrested in Trinidad.Kareem Ibrahim of Trinidad and Abdul Kadir, a former member of parliament of Guyana, were arrested in Trinidad.
The third suspect was arrested in Brooklyn late on Friday and named as Russell Defreitas, originally from Guyana.The third suspect was arrested in Brooklyn late on Friday and named as Russell Defreitas, originally from Guyana.
Mr Kadir and Mr Ibrahim made their first court appearance in Trinidad on Monday.
The judge remanded them in custody until 11 June when a bail hearing was due and an extradition hearing was set for 2 August.
US authorities said both men were associates of Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim organisation behind a coup attempt in Trinidad in 1990.
Mr Defreitas was arraigned in New York City on Saturday and is being held pending a bail hearing on Wednesday.
The alleged plot - which is said not to have gone past the planning stages - involved blowing up the airport's fuel tanks and pipeline.
The pipeline is 40 miles (64km) long and carries jet fuel from New Jersey and through the New York boroughs of Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens.
The pipeline serves two other airports in the area - LaGuardia and Newark Liberty.
The alleged plot was brought to light when Mr Defreitas recruited an FBI informant to help him in the plan, US officials said.

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