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Confessions of a New York attack bomber reinforce the hypothesis of jihadist attack

The Bangladeshi immigrant who blew up a makeshift bomb in a subway tunnel near Times Square in New York on Monday told investigators he wanted to launch an attack on the name of ISIS, US media reported.

Akayed Ullah, the suspect in the explosion near New York's Times Square on Monday, Dec. 11, 2017
Source: New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission via AP

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