The Bangladeshi suspect in the bombing attack on a Manhattan transportation hub underneath Times Square is expected to appear in court Wednesday, authorities say.
Akayed Ullah, who detonated a pipe bomb strapped to his body in the Port Authority area on Monday, was discharged Tuesday from hospital where he was being treated for burns.
According to acting US Attorney Joon Kim, Ullah, 27, chose the morning rush to maximize casualties in his quest “to kill, to maim and to destroy.”
He “had apparently hoped to die in his own misguided rage, taking as many innocent people as he could with him, but through incredible good fortune, his bomb did not seriously injure anyone other than himself,” Kim said.
Kim also said that the bomber conducted the attack after researching how to build a bomb…