By Alan Feuer
On
the surface, Akayed Ullah seemed to be an ordinary member of a
Bangladeshi enclave in Brooklyn. He often prayed at a mosque in an
unassuming brownstone in the Kensington section of the borough, where a
few thousand of his countrymen reside. Like many immigrants in New York,
he made his living — at least for a while — driving for a car service.
But
on Monday morning, Mr. Ullah, 27, strapped a pipe bomb to his body and
set out to detonate it in a Times Square subway station, the police
said, not only causing chaos among crowds of commuters, but also leaving
behind a trail of mystery that baffled those who knew him.
“He
was a good guy,” said Mohammad Yousuf, a cabdriver who prayed with Mr.
Ullah at the mosque. “I can’t believe he would do anything like this.”
Click here for the full article.
Source: The New York Times (via The Empire Report)
No comments:
Post a Comment