Bangladeshi immigrant goes on trial in subway attack
NEW YORK (AP) — A Bangladeshi immigrant on trial on charges he planned a New York City subway attack to support the Islamic State group has been introduced to prospective jurors.
Akayed Ullah turned slightly toward about 75 potential jurors when he was introduced Monday in Manhattan federal court.
U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan told possible jurors that Ullah is presumed innocent. The trial is likely to last about two weeks.
Ullah was arrested last December after a pipe bomb exploded in a pedestrian walkway near Times Square.
Authorities say Ullah was the only person seriously wounded by burns when the crude pipe bomb went off.