Strange crime story of the day: The feds arrest a San Jose man who they say thought he was working with the Taliban when he tried to blow up a Bank of America branch at 303 Hegenberger Road near Oakland airport last night. Turns out there was never a danger of the explosive device going off. The suspect was caught up in a sting by undercover FBI agents, who had rendered it inoperable. Mercury News
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Strange crime story of the day: The feds arrest a San Jose man who they say thought he was working with the Taliban when he tried to blow up a Bank of America branch at 303 Hegenberger Road near Oakland airport last night. Turns out there was never a danger of the explosive device going off. The suspect was caught up in a sting by undercover FBI agents, who had rendered it inoperable. Mercury News
FBI foils man in ‘Taliban’ plot trying to blow up BofA branch in Oakland
Friday, February 8, 2013
Strange crime story of the day: The feds arrest a San Jose man who they say thought he was working with the Taliban when he tried to blow up a Bank of America branch at 303 Hegenberger Road near Oakland airport last night. Turns out there was never a danger of the explosive device going off. The suspect was caught up in a sting by undercover FBI agents, who had rendered it inoperable. Mercury News
