New York man pleads guilty in plot to bomb NYC subway

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A New York man charged with plotting to set off homemade bombs in the city’s subway system has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges.

Zarein Ahmedzay entered the plea Friday afternoon in Brooklyn federal court.

He admitted to conspiracy to use weapons of destruction and providing material support to the Al Qaeda terror network.
Ahmedzay had pleaded not guilty to making false statements to the FBI about a plan by admitted Al Qaeda associate Najibullah Zazi to launch suicide bombing attacks on Manhattan subway lines.

Authorities say that Ahmedzay, Zazi and another high school classmate from New York planned the suicide bomb attacks for days after the eighth anniversary of Sept. 11.

-- Associated Press

arraignment at Brooklyn federal court in New York. Credit: Associated Press