Raids net 3 suspected of funding Times Square bombing attempt

Three more people are in custody after raids related to the failed bombing May 1 in Times Square. Their arrests follow that of Faisal Shahzad, who is suspected of carrying out the attempt.

May 13

A still image from video shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers taking a man into custody outside a home searched by FBI agents in Watertown, Mass. Two of the individuals were taken into custody in the Boston area and the third in Maine, officials said; they were all arrested on immigration violations.

Barbara Lacerra-AP

May 13

An FBI agent enters a home on Waverly Avenue in Watertown, Mass., where earlier in the day federal agents had executed a raid. U.S. authorities raided locations in New York, Boston and Philadelphia suburbs on Thursday in connection with the failed Times Square bombing and arrested several people, but officials said there was no new attack threat.

Adam Hunger-Reuters

May 13

Law enforcement investigators remove evidence from the Watertown home. The raids were "the product of evidence gathered in the investigation" and "do not relate to any known immediate threat to the public or active plot against the United States," said Special Agent Gail Marcinkiewicz.

Steven Senne-AP

May 13

An FBI investigator searches a car at a service station in Brookline, Mass., in connection with the investigation into the attempted Times Square car bombing.

Michael Dwyer-AP

May 13

FBI investigators replace items they had removed from a car at a service station in Brookline, Mass., in connection with the failed Times Square car bomb.

Michael Dwyer-AP

May 13

Reporters record the voice of a woman speaking through the door of a house in Centerreach, N.Y., where earlier in the day a Pakistani couple who rent a basement apartment there were reportedly questioned in connection with the Times Square bombing investigation, according to the home's owner, Ashim Chakraborty.

Kathy Willens-AP

May 13

Muhammad Fiaez, a resident of a home raided by federal authorities in connection with the investigation into the attempted car bombing in Times Square, speaks to members of the media in Cherry Hill, N.J.

Joseph Kaczmarek-AP

An undated photo, believed to have been taken about two years ago, shows bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad in Times Square.

CBS News via Reuters

May 5

A member of the media enters the Phantom Fireworks store in Matamoras, Pa., where surveillance video shows Shahzad purchasing fireworks.

Steve Borland-AP

May 5

William Weimer, vice president of Phantom Fireworks, says the fireworks purchased couldn't have caused a large explosion.

Steve Borland-AP

May 5

The Valley Firearms gun shop in Shelton, Conn., where the suspect bought a gun.

Douglas Healey-AP

May 5

From left, Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, testify on Capitol Hill before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

J. Scott Applewhite-AP

May 5

Police presence is evident in Times Square.

Craig Ruttle-AP

May 5

Pakistanis read morning newspapers carrying headline stories on the arrest of a suspect in New York City's Times Square bombing attempt, at a newspaper stall in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan's army does not believe the Pakistani Taliban was behind the attempt as the insurgent group has claimed, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Anjum Naveed-AP

May 5

Pakistani villagers talk to reporters outside a locked house owned by the family of bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad, in his native village of Mohib Banda, about 15 miles from Peshawar, Pakistan.

Mohammad Sajjad-AP

May 4

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, second from left, and other top-ranking U.S. security officials face a news conference as suspect Faisal Shahzad is shown on a television screen at the Justice Department. Shahzad will be charged with an act of terrorism and using a weapon of mass destruction, Holder said Tuesday.

Kevin Lamarque-Reuters

May 5

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, center, accompanied by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, second from right, shakes hands with members of the New York City Police Bomb Squad to thank them for their participation in disarming a car bomb in Times Square last Saturday night.

Richard Drew-AP

May 4

Investigators look over a pile of mail and personal belongings in the rear of Faisal Shahzad's former home in Shelton, Conn., which was foreclosed upon. Shahzad was taken into custody late Monday by FBI agents and New York police detectives while trying to leave the country.

Daniel Barry-Getty Images

May 4

Members of the media work around a house in Bridgeport, Conn., where Faisal Shahzad lived in a second-floor apartment. Shahzad, a U.S. citizen who had recently returned from a five-month trip to his native Pakistan, was arrested at a New York airport on charges that he drove a bomb-laden SUV meant to cause a fireball in Times Square, federal authorities said.

Mark Lennihan-AP

May 4

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano answers reporters' questions during a press conference with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, right, and FBI Deputy Director John S. Pistole at Justice Department headquarters.

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May 4

FBI investigators remove evidence from the former home of Pakistani American Faisal Shahzad on Sheridan Street in Bridgeport, Conn. Shahzad admitted to trying to detonate a bomb in New York's busy Times Square and receiving bomb-making training in a known Taliban and al-Qaeda stronghold in Pakistan, U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday.

Mike Segar-Reuters

This man, identified as Faisal Shahzad, a U.S. immigrant from Pakistan, was arrested at Kennedy Airport in New York on charges that he tried to detonate a car bomb in Times Square on Saturday May 1, federal authorities said. He was taken into custody by FBI agents and New York Police Department detectives at the airport while trying to board a flight to Dubai, according to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and other officials.

Orkut.com-AP

The Justice Department released details of the positioning of charges inside the SUV driven by suspect Faisal Shahzad. The vehicle, a Nissan Pathfinder, was driven onto Times Square but the bomb failed to detonate.

Kevin Lamarque-Reuters

May 4, 2010

FBI agents search a house where Faisal Shahzad lived in Bridgeport, Conn. Shahzad was taken into custody late Monday by FBI agents and New York police detectives while trying to leave the country.

Jessica Hill-AP

May 4, 2010

An FBI agent searches an alley on the property.

Jessica Hill-AP

May 4, 2010

Officials search for evidence at the home. Shahzad was taken off a plane bound for Dubai late Monday at John F. Kennedy International Airport and arrested in connection with the failed bombing attempt.

Jessica Hill-AP

May 4, 2010

Officials located Shahzad after a sweeping two-day investigation that yielded what senior Obama administration officials described as a flood of international and domestic clues suggesting a plot involving more than one person.

Jessica Hill-AP

May 4, 2010

An FBI agent stands in a truck outside a home in Bridgeport, Conn. Federal investigators said early Tuesday that they had executed a search warrant on Shahzad's home. Television news reports showed agents entering and leaving at least one home in the Bridgeport area.

Douglas Healey-AP

May 4, 2010

Police vehicles fill a street in Bridgeport early Tuesday morning.

Douglas Healey-AP

The New York City Police Department has released surveillance video of a man leaving the scene near where a car bomb was found in Times Square. The man in this frame is seen taking off his shirt as he walks down the street.

N.Y. police release still photo from a surveillance camera showing the Nissan Pathfinder entering Times Square.

Henny Ray Abrams-AP

A police officer stands guard Monday in Times Square. The area resumed normal operations, with increased police presence, after a car bomb was discovered Saturday evening.

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U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. answers questions during a press conference Monday in Arlington County. Holder commented on the failed car bombing attack in Times Square.

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Police officers and pedestrians mix in Times Square on Monday. Investigators are now searching for a man who was videotaped changing his shirt in an alley near Times Square on Saturday evening, and another person seen running from the area.

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Pedestrians walk past the corner of 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue in Times Square on Monday, after the tourist landmark returned to normal.

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Two detectives stand near where authorities found a bomb that apparently began to detonate, but did not explode, in a smoking sport-utility vehicle outside the Minskoff Theatre in New York. Police had evacuated an area stretching from about 42nd Street up to 47th Street and including Seventh Avenue and Broadway.

David Goldman-AP

Street vendor Duane Jackson stands at his table a day after an alleged homemade bomb was found in an SUV directly behind where he is standing in Times Square. Jackson, who works the corner at 45th Street six days a week, was one of the street vendors who noticed the suspect vehicle.

Chip East-Reuters

New York City police officer Wayne Rhatigan, second from right, speaks at a news conference as, from left, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and Rhatigan's wife Tina Marie Rhatigan look on before heading into a restaurant in Times Square for dinner Sunday. Rhatigan was the first officer to respond to an "amateurish" but potentially powerful bomb that apparently began to detonate but did not explode in Times Square.

David Goldman-AP

New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly discusses Saturday evening's Times Square incident during a news conference at One Police Plaza in New York. The still photo image taken from a surveillance camera shows the Nissan Pathfinder used in the attack crossing through Times Square.

Henny Ray Abrams-AP

One of the alarm clocks found in the SUV is shown in this New York Police Department. Backyard barbecue gas tanks, firecrackers and alarm clocks were among the ingredients used to make the car bomb that authorities say would have killed many people if it had exploded in New York's busy Times Square.

Reuters

New York City police continue their policy of random bag checks Sunday by setting up this checkpoint in Grand Central Station in New York. Officers at the checkpoint said it was standard procedure and not a reaction to the Times Square car bomb incident on Saturday.

Henny Ray Abrams-AP

Times Square is void of pedestrians just south of 46th Street in New York on Saturday. Police close some streets as they investigate a car that has been "deemed suspicious."

Craig Ruttle-AP

New York's Times Square is empty of tourists after police and fire personnel close off parts of the area Saturday. A dark-colored sport-utility vehicle was found to be smoking and a small "flash" was observed by firefighters.

Cary Horowitz-REUTERS

Police keep watch after a suspicious vehicle caused authorities to shut down parts of Times Square on Saturday.

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Crime scene investigators examine a Nissan Pathfinder sport-utility vehicle that was packed with bomb materials in New York's Times Square. Police were tipped off by a street vendor and defused a car bomb inside the vehicle.

Brendan Mcdermid-REUTERS

Members of the NYPD Bomb Squad respond to Times Square after a bomb scare led to an evacuation of the area.

Cary Horowitz-REUTERS

Police evacuate Times Square on Saturday after a dark-colored sport-utility vehicle was found to be smoking and a small "flash" was observed by firefighters on the scene.

Cary Horowitz-REUTERS

A bomb technician examines a Nissan Pathfinder sport-utility vehicle that was packed with bomb materials in New York's Times Square on Saturday.

Brendan Mcdermid-REUTERS

A boy looks at an evacuated street after an incident involving a suspicious vehicle with smoke caused authorities to shut down parts of Times Square on Saturday.

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Police keep watch in Times Square after an incident involving a suspicious vehicle caused authorities to shut down parts of the area.

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Times Square is void of pedestrians just south of 46th Street in New York on Saturday as police investigate a bomb scare.

Craig Ruttle-AP

Police keep watch in Times Square after a smoking Nissan Pathfinder was discovered on 45th Street with propane tanks, gasoline, a powdered substance and a timing device inside.

Mario Tama-Getty Images

"We avoided what we could have been a very deadly event," New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says early Sunday. "It certainly could have exploded and had a pretty big fire and a decent amount of explosive impact."

David Karp-AP

A clean-up crew on Sunday approaches a corner where a crude car bomb had been parked at 45th Street and 7th Avenue in Times Square.

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A bicyclist rides between police cruisers Sunday morning where a crude car bomb had been parked at 45th Street and 7th Avenue in Times Square.

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Raids net 3 suspected of funding Times Square bombing attempt

Three more people are in custody after raids related to the failed bombing May 1 in Times Square. Their arrests follow that of Faisal Shahzad, who is suspected of carrying out the attempt.

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