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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (Arabic: عمر فاروق عبد المطلب; also known as Umar Abdul Mutallab and Omar Farooq al-Nigeri; born 22 December 1986) popularly referred to as the "Underwear Bomber" or "Christmas Bomber", is a Nigerian terrorist who, at the age of 23, attempted to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear while ...
Feb 27, 2015 · The Nigerian terrorist pleaded guilty to eight counts of terrorism and attempted murder for his role in the 2009 plot to blow up a U.S. plane. He received the maximum sentence of life imprisonment in 2012 after a joint investigation by multiple federal agencies.
Feb 16, 2012 · The so-called “underwear bomber” pleaded guilty to eight counts of terrorism charges for his attempted bombing of Flight 253 on Christmas Day 2009. He received a life sentence in 2012 after a joint investigation by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.
Feb 16, 2012 · A Nigerian man accused of trying to bomb a US-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009 has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 25, pleaded guilty to attempting...
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Learn about the “underwear bomber” who tried to blow up a plane over Detroit in 2009. Find out his background, motives, and current status in prison.
Jan 6, 2010 · WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian national, was charged today in a six-count criminal indictment returned in the Eastern District of Michigan for his alleged role in the attempted Christmas day bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253 from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Detroit.
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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called 'underwear bomber,' pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to eight counts of terrorism-related charges. As Flight 253 was on descent on Christmas day, 2009 into Detroit Metropolitan Airport, the defendant detonated a bomb in his underwear, which resulted in a fire, but otherwise did not fully explode.
