Bangladesh officials want more details on Fed terror plot suspect
A second man has been charged in the alleged bomb plot against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Meanwhile, the family of the first accused bomber denies he could have done it.
By Michael Muskal October 19, 2012, 11:40 a.m.
Bangladesh officials are seeking talks with
U.S. State Department diplomats over the arrest of a Bangladeshi man on charges that he wanted to blow up the
Federal Reserve Bank building in New York, Bangladesh’s foreign minister said on Friday.
Speaking at a news conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said officials want to know details about the arrest of Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21. Nafis is being held on terror-related charges in New York, accused of trying to detonate a 1,000-pound bomb at the Federal Reserve.
A State Department spokeswoman in Washington said by telephone that she had no information about any meeting with Bangladesh representatives. The topic did not come up at the daily State Department media briefing.
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