Port Authority Bomber Gets Life in Prison
A federal judge sentenced Akayed Ullah, also known as the Port Authority Bomber, to life in prison on Thursday.
A federal judge sentenced Akayed Ullah, also known as the Port Authority Bomber, to life in prison on Thursday.
A Bangladeshi migrant pleaded not guilty to charges of terrorism this week after carrying out a failed pipe bombing attack on the New York subway last month.
Islamic State terrorists have threatened to attack the United States with “showers of bullets and explosive vehicles” in a series of online propaganda posters depicting New York’s Police Commissioner James O’Neill as a prisoner in an orange outfit kneeling before a terrorist, among other mocked-up images.
Bangladesh’s Dhaka Tribune reported Thursday that Akayed Ullah, the jihadist responsible for a failed suicide bombing in New York’s Port Authority Bus Terminal, visited a Rohingya refugee camp during his last trip to the country to conduct charity work.
Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton discussed immigration reform, the New York City subway attack, and policy toward North Korea and China on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Alex Marlow.
The Bangladeshi man who attempted to carry out a suicide attack during rush hour near a busy bus terminal in New York City — allegedly on behalf of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) — reportedly attended a terrorist-linked mosque in Brooklyn that was once funded by the Saudi Arabian government.
Bangladesh’s Home Minister assured reporters on Wednesday that the government would not “spare” relatives of failed New York subway bomber Akayed Ullah if evidence indicated that they were involved in jihadist violence.
Man, that scorched tummy has got to hurt!
Akayed Ullah, the bomber who swore allegiance to the Islamic State and tried to attack the New York City subway system with a pipe bomb on Monday, has a wife back home in Bangladesh. She told investigators in Bangladesh she was “surprised” by his actions and had no idea he had become radicalized, but other sources claim she was aware of his interest in radical groups because he actively attempted to recruit her as well.
Counterterrorism and transnational crime authorities in Bangladesh interrogated relatives of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL)-affiliated terrorists who set off a “pipe bomb” in the New York City subway on Tuesday.
Investigators are painting a portrait of New York City subway jihadi Akayed Ullah as the quintessential “lone wolf,” a man with no known previous connections to international terrorism who became radicalized and learned to build bombs online.
Akayed Ullah, identified as the man arrested after failing to execute a suicide bombing in the subway tunnels under Manhattan’s Port Authority Bus Terminal, reportedly told police that he chose his target due to the Christmas posters in the area and used a Christmas light bulb as a detonator for his failed explosive.
Akayed Ullah, the Islamic State jihadi who used a faulty homemade pipe bomb to attack one of New York City’s busiest subway stations on Monday, has been charged with terrorism by both federal and state authorities. According to the federal charging document, Ullah wrote a Facebook post on Monday morning that said, “Trump you failed to protect your nation.”
Surveillance footage captured the moment a small pipe bomb exploded in a New York City subway passageway near the Port Authority Bus Terminal Monday morning.
CNN aired a segment on President Donald Trump’s soda consumption while New York City grappled with an attempted terrorist attack Monday morning.
The Bangladesh-born terror suspect who allegedly attempted to detonate a suicide-bomb in New York was able to enter the United States as a foreign relative of an immigrant, extended-family member who had won a visa to the U.S. under the Diversity Visa Lottery.
Since 2007, nearly 15,000 Bangladeshi nationals have been allowed to come to the United States by winning the Diversity Visa Lottery, which randomly selects foreign nationals to bring to the U.S.
New York City terror suspect, 27-year-old Akayed Ullah, is the fourth Bangladeshi national in the United States to be accused of terrorism in a little more than a decade.
Republican Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Judge Roy Moore released a statement condemning the failed terrorist attack in New York City on Monday, reiterating the need for the proper implementation of President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
Law enforcement sources have identified the man who attempted a bombing at the Port Authority Bus Terminal subway station in New York City on Monday morning as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah.