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United StatesManhattan subway bomber sentenced to life in prison ReutersJonathan Stempel 3 minutes read A Bangladeshi man convicted of setting off a pipe bomb during rush hour in New York Citys busiest subway station, Times Square, was sentenced on Thursday to life plus 30 years in prison. Akayed Ullah, 31, of Brooklyn, had claimed he wanted to kill only himself and was not acting on behalf of Islamic State when he detonated his homemade bomb on Dec. 11, 2017. No one died and four people were i...

A Bangladeshi immigrant was sentenced to life in a US prison Thursday for a botched attempt to unleash carnage with a bomb attack in a crowded New York subway passage in the name of the Islamic State group.

A Bangladeshi man convicted of setting off a pipe bomb during rush hour in New York City’s busiest subway station, Times Square, was sentenced to life in prison. Akayed Ullah, 31, of Brooklyn had claimed he wanted to kill only himself and was not acting on behalf of Islamic State when he detonated his homemade bomb on December 11, 2017. US Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan, who imposed the sentence on Thursday, called the attack a “truly barbaric and heinous crime”, the Reuters news agen...

The Bangladeshi immigrant detonated a pipe bomb strapped to his chest on Dec. 11, 2017 after reading ISIS propaganda and recruiting materials.

BBC News Published image captionAkayed Ullah detonated the bomb in New York Citys busiest subway station A man who set off a pipe bomb during rush hour in a New York subway station has been sentenced to life in prison. Akayed Ullah, 31, detonated the bomb in Times Square station, which is the busiest in New York City, on 11 December 2017. He later claimed he had only wanted to kill himself and was not acting on behalf of the Islamic State (IS) group. US Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan described ...

NYC Port Authority bomber sentenced to life in prison By (0) NYPD vehicles remain outside of the entrance to the Port Authority Bus Terminal after a pipe bomb exploded in New York City on December 11, 2017. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo An NYPD Port Authority Police Counter-Terrorism Unit officer guards the 8th Avenue entrance that is closed to the public after a pipe bomb exploded in The Port Authority Bus terminal in the morning in New York City on December 11, 2017. File...

Print this article A Bangladeshi immigrant whose pipe bomb misfired in a crowded New York City subway station in 2017 was sentenced to life in prison Thursday. Akayed Ullah, 31, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by Judge Richard Sullivan, according to the Department of Justice. Ullah apologized to Sullivan before hearing the sentence. "Your honor, what I did, it was wrong," he said. "I can tell you from the bottom of my heart, Im deeply sorry. ... I do not support harming innocent peopl...

NEW YORK - A Bangladeshi immigrant who set off a pipe bomb attached to his chest in New York City’s busiest subway station should spend the rest of his life behind bars for a “premeditated and vicious” terror attack committed on behalf of Islamic State group, prosecutors said Thursday.

Prosecutors say a Bangladeshi immigrant who set off a pipe bomb attached to his chest in New York City’s busiest subway station should face life in prison

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