Ashiqul Alam, 22, from Jackson Heights in the city's Queens borough, was charged with illegally acquiring firearms as part of the attack plan, federal officials said. Here's @vladduthiersCBS pic.twitter.com/U1ESAWURL9 — CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) June 7, 2019Alam had proposed an attack either in Times Square or an attack in Washington to kill a US government official, the complaint said. In April, Alam met the undercover officer at a shooting range in Pennsylvania, according to the complaint. On May 1, 2010, police thwarted an attempted car bomb in Times Square, defusing a crude device made out of firecrackers and propane gas tanks. In December 2017, a Bangladeshi man set off a homemade pipe bomb strapped to his body in a crowded underground pedestrian tunnel near Times Square.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 08, 2019 07:18 UTC