According to US officials, Jose Pimentel, 27, a Dominican-born convert to Islam, was on the verge of testing his homemade explosives in a mailbox when he was arrested Saturday in a Manhattan apartment.
Jose Pimentel, 27, is in custody after authorities say he intended to target U.S. military personnel who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Police say he also intended to strike U.S. postal facilities and police in New York and Bayonne, New Jersey.
New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly identified the suspect as a follower of Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical American-born cleric who rose to become a top figure in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Pimentel allegedly tried to contact al-Awlaki directly, but never got a response.
New York Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly while speaking at a city Hall news conference said, “We had to act quickly yesterday because he was in fact putting this bomb together. It would have been not appropriate for us to let him walk out the door with that bomb.”
In the meantime, attorney for the man accused of plotting to detonate pipe bombs in and around New York says his client doesn’t match the profile of someone who would commit terrorism.
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