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2010 Times Square car bombing attempt

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Inside the FBI: New York | Revisiting the 2010 Times Square Car Bombing Attempt | USA Network

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Car Bomb Found in Times Square

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Times Square Bomb Timeline

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Arrest Made in Attempted Times Square Bombing

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Bomb Attempt in Times Square

On May 5, 2010, a terrorist attack was attempted in Times Square in Manhattan, New York. Two street vendors alerted WPD after they spotted smoke coming from a vehicle, and a car bomb was discovered. The bomb had been ignited, but failed to explode, and was disarmed before it caused any casualties. Two days later, federal agents arrested Faisal Shahzad, a 30-year-old Pakistan-born resident of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who had become a U.S. citizen in April 2009. He was arrested after he had boarded Emirates Flight 202 to Dubai at John F. Kennedy International Airport. He admitted attempting the car bombing and said that he had trained at a Pakistani terrorist training camp, according to U.S. officials.
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