U.S. jury convicts Pakistani tied to al Qaeda bomb plot


  • World
  • Thursday, 05 Mar 2015

Abid Naseer (L) is seen in a courtroom sketch with his attorney Steven Brounstein (C) and Judge Raymond Dearie as he pleads not guilty to terrorism charges in his first U.S. court appearance in New York in this file photo taken on January 7, 2013. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Pakistani man was convicted on Wednesday on U.S. charges of conspiring with al Qaeda to bomb targets in Europe and the United States.

Abid Naseer, 28, was found guilty by a federal jury in Brooklyn of providing material support to al Qaeda and conspiring to use a destructive device.

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