NEW YORK--Two Queens, N.Y., men were charged Thursday with conspiring with a Colorado man to stage a bomb attack in the New York City subway system last September.Zarein Ahmedzay, a cab driver, and Adis Medunjanin, a part-time building superintendent, were charged in a five-count superseding indictment with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction, conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country, providing material support to al Qaeda and receiving military-type training from al Qaeda.
Mr. Ahmedzay, 25 years old, also is charged with making false statements to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.
They face life in prison on the conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction charge. They pleaded not guilty to the new charges in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.
Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's office in Brooklyn alleged that Messrs. Ahmedzay and Medunjanin conspired with Mr. Zazi, 25, to conduct a terrorist attack on the Manhattan subway lines between Sept. 14 and 16.
Mr. Zazi, an Afghan native who worked as an airport shuttle driver in Colorado, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction and other charges in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.