Nigerian Tries To Blow Up US Plane In Mid-Air -- Yahoo News/AFP
DETROIT, Michigan (AFP) – A young Nigerian man with reported links to Al-Qaeda tried to blow up a US airliner as it began its descent into Detroit before being subdued by passengers and crew, officials said.
Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, was badly burned in the Christmas Day attack as he tried to set off a sophisticated explosive device on a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam with 278 passengers on board, witnesses said.
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