The story has been fleshed out at Daily Mail....
Taxi driver 'intentionally' detonated crude bomb made of Xmas lights, sugar and match heads in NYC subway tunnel after 'seeing Christmas posters on wall' and days after 'big row with his family' - A pipe bomb prematurely went off in an underground tunnel linking the Times Square subway station and the Port Authority bus terminal Monday morning around 7:20am
- The suspect has been identified as unmarried 27-year-old green-card holder Akayed Ullah
- Ullah came to the U.S. seven years ago from Bangladesh on a visa for people who have family in the U.S.
- He was the only one seriously injured in the blast
- Ullah was taken to Bellevue Hospital for serious burns and lacerations to his hands and abdomen
- CNN reports that the bomb detonated prematurely and that if it had gone off as intended the damage could have been catastrophic
- Ullah says he made the explosive himself last week, after reading instructions on the internet
- The FBI has been swarming multiple addresses connected to Ullah in Brooklyn
- His parents have since released a statement saying they are 'outraged' by the treatment of their family
- Neighbors say they heard yelling and screaming coming for the apartment the last two nights and that Ullah was not a friendly person
- Ullah told investigators that he carried out the attack as revenge for recent actions by Israelis against Muslim Palestinians in the Gaza Strip
- The incident happened just days after President Trump sparked demonstrations across the world by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital city
- Trump said in a statement that 'lax' immigration policies were to blame for the attack, and urged Congress to 'enact legislative reforms to protect the American people'
By Ashley Collman and Louise Boyle In Brooklyn For Dailymail.com and Hannah Parry For Dailymail.com and Associated Press
Published: 04:40 AEDT, 12 December 2017 | Updated: 12:41 AEDT, 12 December 2017
The taxi driver behind the failed terror attack in a New York City told investigators he meant to detonate his homemade pipe bomb in the busy subway station after seeing the walls festooned with Christmas posters - in revenge for violence against Muslims all over the world.
While initial reports suggested the crude pipe bomb, made from a pipe, a 9-volt battery, match heads, sugar, Christmas tree lights and screws, had detonated prematurely, suspect Akayed Ullah, 27, insisted he set off the bomb deliberately.
The bombing attack at the Port Authority Bus Station subway station comes just days after Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, sparking violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Ullah, who was arrested and taken for questioning after the bomb only partially detonated, told police he was walking through the underground tunnel at 7.20am, between the Port Authority station towards Times Square, when he saw the Christmas-themed posters on the wall, which reminded him of ISIS' calls last month for militants and lone wolves to attack holiday markets.
'He acknowledges he purposely set it off then and there,' a senior law enforcement official told the New York Post.
The Bangladeshi immigrant added that he was specifically inspired by ISIS, 'not Al-Qaeda'.
Authorities say that if the explosive had fully detonated in the busy Midtown Manhattan subway station, there would have been more injuries and doubtless loss of life.
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