Sketch of Adis Medunjanin when he appeared in court. The government is charging him with a plot to commit terrorist acts. The Bosnian native has plead non-guilty.
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A Bosnian-born man arrested in New York in connection with an alleged plot to bomb the city has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit murder abroad.
Adis Medunjanin, 25, who was arrested on Friday by the FBI, also denied being trained by al-Qaeda.
He and a friend are said to be associates of an Afghan-born Colorado man, Najibullah Zazi, accused of planning an attack on city commuters.
Zarein Ahmedzay, of Afghan origin, was also detained on Friday.
He pleaded not guilty to a charge of making a false statement to the FBI about where exactly he had travelled in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
All three men attended high school together in New York and lived for years in the same city neighbourhood of Queens.
Investigators allege that they travelled to Pakistan together in August 2008 and attended an al-Qaeda training camp.
Both men arrested on Friday were reported to have been questioned by investigators last year.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/8450359.stm
Published: 2010/01/09 20:52:54 GMT
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