[Beirut Daily Star: Region] A Moroccan man who entered the United States as an exchange student six years ago is facing criminal charges after planning to use a remote-controlled plane to bomb a U.S. university and a federal building in Connecticut, officials said on Tuesday.
The resident of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 26-year-old El Mehdi Semlali Fathi, was locked away
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on Monday after telling a friend that he was studying how to carry out the kaboom with a toy plane, according to a front man for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Connecticut and court papers filed by a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent. |