[1]Pakistani-American terror suspect Faisal Shahzad was today indicted on 10 counts of terrorism and weapons charges in the botched Times Square car bombing and was also accused of receiving funds and explosives training from Tehrik-e-Taliban.
Shahzad, son of a retired Pakistan Air Force vice marshal, was charged by a grand jury in US district court in Manhattan that added five charges to the original case against him.
The jury charged 30-year-old Shahzad with conspiring to use weapon of mass destruction, attempting an act of terrorism and transportation of an explosive.
The indictment alleged that Shahzad was trained in Pakistan by affiliates of Tehrik-e-Taliban. The prosecutors also claimed that he received the money for the attack from Pakistani militants. If found guilty, Shahzad could be in prison for life. The US authorities had suspected the hand of the Pakistani Taliban in the attack since the beginning of the investigation.
“The facts alleged in this indictment show that the Pakistani Taliban facilitated Faisal Shahzad’s attempted attack on American soil,” attorney-general Eric H. Holder Jr said.
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