Washington: Nigerian terror-suspect, Umar
Farouk Abdulmutallab, was on Monday discharged from a Detroit
hospital where he was being treated for burn injuries, which
he sustained in his failed attempt to blow up a US plane
mid-air on Friday.
Abdulmutallab, 23, was released from the Ann Arbour
hospital and has been moved to a secure location, the US
Marshal Service said.
"The only thing I can give right now is that he is
being held at a secure location in the eastern district of
Michigan," Kevin Pettit, spokesman for the US Marshal Service
in Detroit said when asked about Abdulmutallab.
Yesterday Abdulmutallab was charged by the FBI with
"willfully" attempting to destroy the Amsterdam-Detroit
Northwest Flight 253 with 290 people on board and with placing
a destructive device on the aircraft.
The charges were filed in the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in Detroit.
He is expected to make his first court room
appearance tomorrow.
Meanwhile the US Attorney Terrence Berg said today
that the terror suspect could face more serious charge if
indicted by a grand jury.
Berg told the Detroit News that sometimes the charges
in the indictment are different or more serious than the
complaint, but did not give any details.
"The prosecution team in this case will review the
evidence and determine what charges, including possibly any
other charges, to ask the grand jury to consider," Berg was
quoted as saying by the daily.
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, December 28, 2009, 09:55