Authorities say suspect in New York subway attack boasted, 'I did it for Islamic State'
by Nina Agrawal, Los Angeles Times
Dec 13, 2017
3 minutes
NEW YORK - The man charged with detonating a makeshift pipe bomb in the New York transit system was radicalized through internet propaganda and told investigators, "I did it for the Islamic State," according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court Tuesday.
Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old legal permanent resident from Bangladesh, set off the explosive in a passageway connecting two major subway stations during the morning rush hour Monday, injuring himself and four others, authorities say.
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