Foiled Nigerian Terrorist Attack In Detroit: Latest Updates

Detroit (Gaea Times)- The Foiled Nigerian terrorist attack in Detroit took place on the day of Christmas and according to the latest update, the terrorist in question is admitted in a hospital for burn injuries. 23-year old, Nigerian-Abdul Mudallad was traveling to Detroit from Nigeria Via Amsterdam in Northwest Airlines, flight 253, carrying explosives which he claimed to have acquired from Yemen. The passengers supposedly ‘heard popping noises’ and ‘blinking lights’, and according to the flight officials, one of the passengers ‘jumped the man responsible’. The Nigerian terrorist has also been identified as Umar Farouk Abdul Mudallad, and the authorities are still trying to put an official id on him.

The Nigerian terrorist attack was foiled when the man responsible was subdued by the passengers , in response to which he tried to detonate the explosive the carried. He is being said to be Al-Qaeda related though the fact has not been officially confirmed. The incendiary device that he carried is being reported to be ‘a mixture of liquid and powder’. The man was unable to light the device, but whether it was the faulty device or the terrorist’s mistakes is yet unknown. The Amsterdam airport authorities have declined to comment on the fact that the terrorist managed to board the flight carrying such heavy explosives instead of the security measures at airport which is also one of the busiest one’s in Europe,

If not foiled, the Nigerian attack in Detroit could have been a major incident taking the lives of as many as 289 people on-board the flight. The latest updates say that this was a terror attack against the US and even the Nigerian terrorist said that ‘he had wanted to set-off the bomb over the US’.