DOJ Charges Nigerian Man In Northwest Flight Bomb Attempt

Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 4:49PM
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The Department of Justice has announced that it is charging Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, a Nigerian national, with attempting to destroy a Northwest Airlines aircraft on its final approach to Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Christmas Day and with placing a destructive device on the aircraft. Abdulmutallab was on a flight from Amsterdam and attempted to set off an explosive device as the plane was approaching Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

The criminal complaint and affidavit can be read here.

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