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27. December 2009 | 21:11

Security Increased as Nigerian Held in Bomb Attempt (Update3)

Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) — A 23-year-old Nigerian was charged with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines plane in a Christmas Day attack that brought tightened aviation security and raised fresh concerns about terrorism. (News Source: Bloomberg - 19:09:21)

Nigerian charged with trying to blow up Detroit-bound jet

A 23-year-old Nigerian is charged with trying to destroy a Northwest Airlines jet on final approach to Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Christmas Day. (News Source: CNN - 08:29:06)

AP source: 2nd Nigerian man taken into custody aboard jetliner in Detroit

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Associated Press has learned that a second Nigerian man has been taken into custody aboard a jetliner in Detroit after locking himself in the airliner’s bathroom. (News Source: Chicago Tribune - 19:38:26)

Nigerian arrested in 2nd incident on Delta flight to Detroit

Detroit — The Associated Press reports a second Nigerian man aboard a jetliner in Detroit has been taken into custody today after locking himself in the airliner’s bathroom. (News Source: Detroit News - 19:59:11)

Nigerian arrested in 2nd incident on Delta flight to Detroit

The Associated Press reports a second Nigerian man aboard a jetliner in Detroit has been taken into custody today after locking himself in the airliner’s bathroom. A law enforcement official tells the AP that the incident took place aboard the same Northwest flight that was attacked on Christmas Day. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the incident was ongoing. (News Source: Detroit News - 19:47:40)

Nigerian accused of trying to destroy Northwest Airlines flight released from Mich. hospital

DETROIT - The Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight near Detroit has been released from a hospital in the custody of federal marshals. (News Source: Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - 17:54:33)

Security Increased as Nigerian Held in Bomb Attempt (Update2)

Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) — A 23-year-old Nigerian man was charged with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines plane in a Christmas Day attack that brought tightened aviation security and raised fresh concerns about terrorism. (News Source: Bloomberg - 13:05:12)

Second Nigerian man taken into custody aboard jet

WASHINGTON - The Associated Press has learned that a second Nigerian man has been taken into custody aboard a jetliner in Detroit after locking himself in the airliner’s… (News Source: Boston Herald - 19:58:37)

Nigerian bomb suspect’s family, teacher dismayed and shocked

As a member of an uppercrust Nigerian family, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the best schooling, from the elite British International School in West Africa to the vaunted University College London. (News Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune - 18:32:14)

Nigerian charged with trying to destroy plane

DETROIT — A 23-year-old Nigerian man who claimed ties to al-Qaida was charged Saturday with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner just a month after his father warned U.S. officials of concerns about his son’s religious beliefs.The suspect claimed he received training and instructions from al-Qaida operatives in Yemen, a law enforcement official said, speaking on condition of anonymity … (News Source: Chicago Sun-Times - 15:02:59)

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