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Day 3: 'Trump you failed to protect your nation': Failed Brooklyn terrorist warned of attack on Facebook just before he tried to blow himself up, prosecutors reveal, as he's hit with federal terrorism charges and authorities in Bangladesh grill his wife
[DailyMail] - Akayed Ullah, 27, has been hit with state and federal charges in connection to Monday's bombing of the New York City subway
- In court documents filed Tuesday, federal prosecutors revealed that Ullah posted on Facebook just before the attack
- 'Trump you failed to protect your nation,' Ullah allegedly wrote
- Ullah also reportedly showed his distaste for his adopted country by writing on his Bangladesh passport 'O, America, die in your rage,' the complaint says
- He told investigators that he carried out the attack for ISIS, Palestinians
- The Bangladeshi immigrant faces federal charges including bombing a public place, using a weapon of mass destruction and material support for a foreign terrorist organization
- He is also charged on the state level with criminal possession of a weapon, supporting an act of terrorism and making a terroristic threat
- Meanwhile, Ullah's wife, who lives in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is reportedly being interviewed by authorities there
- A cousin says Ullah married Jannatul Ferdous Jui, 25, in an arranged marriage two years ago and they have a six-month-old baby boy
- Ullah recently visited his wife for six weeks in September and October
- Ullah started watching ISIS propaganda online in 2014
- He started buying ingredients for his bomb about three weeks ago, and assembled it in his Brooklyn apartment last week.
| The full criminal complaint from the Joint Terrorism Task Force can be read at the link. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2017-12-13 |
