Father of Colo. airport driver accused in NYC terror plot allowed to go free on bail
By APWednesday, February 17, 2010
Father of NY terror plot suspect gets bail
NEW YORK — The father of a Colorado airport shuttle driver accused of plotting to attack New York City with homemade bombs will be allowed to leave jail pending trial.
A Brooklyn judge on Wednesday signed off on a bail deal for Mohammed Wali Zazi (ZAH’-zee). It requires him to post $50,000 bond and be subject to electronic monitoring at his home near Denver. He is expected to be released Friday.
The government alleges his son, Najibullah (nah-jee-BOO’-lah) Zazi, and others bought beauty supplies to make peroxide-based bombs. It says he tried to mix the explosives in a hotel room near Denver, then drove to New York.
Investigators in New York say they lifted notes on bomb-making from the son’s computer.
The father and son have pleaded not guilty.
