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FBI ARREST MAN TRYING TO BOMB FEDERAL RESERVE BANK

A man who was allegedly plotting to blow up the Federal Reserve in New York has been arrested in a sting operation by the FBI.

The 21 year-old from Bangladesh parked a van, that he thought was filled with explosives, outside the bank.

Two of his accomplices were actually undercover agents.

New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says he entered the US as a student.

Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, faces charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to provide material support to al Qaeda, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement. If convicted, he faces life in prison.

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