June 18, 2010 12:42 PM

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Times Square car bomb suspect Shahzad indicted on 10 counts

Pakistani-American terror suspect Faisal Shahzad was on Friday indicted on 10 counts of terrorism and weapons charges in the botched Times Square car bombing in New York. He was also accused of receiving funds and explosives training from Tehrik-e-Taliban. 30-year-old Shahzad, son of a retired Pakistani Air Force Vice Marshal, was charged with conspiring to use weapon of mass destruction, attempting an act of terrorism and transportation of an explosive. The indictment alleged that Shahzad was trained in Pakistan by affiliates of Tehrik-i-Taliban. The prosecutors also claimed that he received the money for the attack from Pakistani militants. If found guilty, Shahzad could be in prison for life. The US authorities had suspected the hand of the Pakistani Taliban in the attack since the beginning of the investigation.

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