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New York – The U.S. attorney is working on a life sentence for Faisal Shahzad, Pakistan-born U.S. citizen, who tried to detonate car bombs in Times Square, New York, USA. Especially since it turns out the 30-year-old man has been planning a second attack.

Shahzad pleaded guilty last June for the attempted bombing last May 1 in Times Square, Manhattan, New York. He was arrested two days later on the plane aimed at Dubai, just minutes before the plane departed from John F. International Airport Kennedy, New York.

Shahzad claimed to have bomb-making training a matter of Pakistani Taliban groups, who called the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. He said these groups to fund the failed bombings.

According to court papers released to the public, Shahzad told investigators that he thought the bomb would be killed at least 40 people. He also claimed to have planned to conduct a second bomb attack about two weeks later. Target second attack was mentioned in the file.

The prosecutor said, Shahzad using the Internet to learn about Times Square as an effort to maximize the damage. He also consulted with the militants in Pakistan during the process of assembling bombs.

In the court file mentioned, Shahzad using the Internet to access sites that provide a picture of various locations in Times Square. “The sites that allow Shahzad determine which areas in Times Square that attract visitors the most and the time when the areas were most crowded,” he mentioned in the court file.

Shahzad sentence to be decided in Manhattan federal court on 5 October.

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