Christmas terror
attack suspect to be arraigned
today
DETROIT (CNN) -- Terror suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab will be arraigned Friday afternoon in a Michigan federal courtroom for his alleged Christmas Day attempt to blow up an airliner.
The court hearing comes a day after President Barack Obama released a report on the incident that said officials had "sufficient information" to have foiled the failed attack, but a variety of errors kept investigators from uncovering the plot.
A federal grand jury indicted AbdulMutallab on Wednesday. The 23-year-old Nigerian national faces six federal charges, including attempting to blow up an airplane and attempting to murder the other 289 people aboard.
According to authorities, AbdulMutallab tried to detonate explosives he carried in his underwear as the Northwest Airlines flight made its final approach to Detroit. The device failed to fully detonate, instead setting off a fire at the man's seat.
Dutch prosecutors said Tuesday that AbdulMutallab apparently arrived in Amsterdam from Nigeria already carrying the explosives he planned to use.
AbdulMutallab's arraignment is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET, court officials said.
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DETROIT (CNN) -- Terror suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab will be arraigned Friday afternoon in a Michigan federal courtroom for his alleged Christmas Day attempt to blow up an airliner.
The court hearing comes a day after President Barack Obama released a report on the incident that said officials had "sufficient information" to have foiled the failed attack, but a variety of errors kept investigators from uncovering the plot.
A federal grand jury indicted AbdulMutallab on Wednesday. The 23-year-old Nigerian national faces six federal charges, including attempting to blow up an airplane and attempting to murder the other 289 people aboard.
According to authorities, AbdulMutallab tried to detonate explosives he carried in his underwear as the Northwest Airlines flight made its final approach to Detroit. The device failed to fully detonate, instead setting off a fire at the man's seat.
Dutch prosecutors said Tuesday that AbdulMutallab apparently arrived in Amsterdam from Nigeria already carrying the explosives he planned to use.
AbdulMutallab's arraignment is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET, court officials said.
The-CNN-Wire/Atlanta
TM & © 2009 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.
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