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US plane attacker out of hospital, held at undisclosed location
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 28 (IANS) Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is being held at an undisclosed location as US investigators work on finding out what prompted the British-educated son of a Nigerian bank executive to attack a US plane on Christmas Day.
Abdulmutallab, 23, charged with attempting to set off an explosive device aboard a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, was released from a hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Sunday after being treated for burns, the US attorney’s office in Detroit said.
Investigators were trying to retrace Abdulmutallab’s steps halfway across the globe, from the Arabian peninsula to West Africa to Britain, CNN said. Abdulmutallab claimed to have extremist ties and said the explosive device – made from a plastic explosive known as PETN – was acquired in Yemen along with instructions as to when it should be used, according to a federal security bulletin.
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US plane attacker out of hospital, held at undisclosed location
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