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Shahzad admits he trained in Pak New York, May 5 Shahzad (30) told the FBI that he received bomb-making training at a terror camp in restive Waziristan, a lawless tribal region where the Pakistani Taliban and other militant groups operate with near impunity. The training raised the possibility of a coordinated international plot for an attack. In a 10-page complaint filed yesterday before the Court of Judge Nathaniel Fox, Southern District of New York, the FBI alleged Shahzad travelled from Connecticut to New York on a SUV that was laden with a bomb. US Attorney General Eric Holder said Shahzad would be charged with an act of terrorism transcending national borders, attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, use of a destructive device during the commission of another crime, as well as assorted explosives charges, he said. “After the arrest Shahzad admitted that he had attempted to detonate a bomb in Times Square. He also admitted that he had recently received bomb-making training in Waziristan, Pakistan,” the FBI said. Meanwhile, authorities in Pakistan detained seven men from different parts of the country for their alleged links with Shahzad. He did not confirm whether the detained suspects had links to the Taliban or Al-Qaida. Shahzad had gained US citizenship in April last year and returned from Pakistan on February 3 on a one-way ticket. Shahzad told officials that he had been in Pakistan for at least five months to visit his parents. He indicated that he intended to stay in a motel in Connecticut while he looked for a place to live and a job and further advised his wife to remain behind in Pakistan, the FBI told the court.Following his arrest, the FBI said Shahzad used a pre-paid cellular telephone, which has not been used since April 28, both to call a fireworks store and to receive a series of calls from Pakistan following his purchase of Nissan Pathfinder. A media report said Shahzad has told investigators that he acted alone in planting the explosive device in the crowded tourist spot. — PTI Village in disbelief
Shahzad’s family village of Mohib Banda in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa prov-ince is a world away from the bustle and bright lights of New York. Residents say his path to the “terror plot” could not have started here. “We did not find any religious germ in him,” said Faiz Ahmed, a community leader, who said he met Shahzad 18 months ago.
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