2010 Times Square car bombing attempt (Q1973105)

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

On May 1, 2010, a terrorist attack was attempted in Times Square in Manhattan, New York. Two street vendors alerted NYPD after they spotted smoke coming from a vehicle, and a car bomb was discovered. The bomb had been ignited, but failed to explode, and was disarmed before it caused any casualties. Two days later, federal agents arrested Faisal Shahzad, a 30-year-old Pakistan-born resident of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who had become a U.S. citizen in April 2009. He was arrested after he had boarded Emirates Flight 202 to Dubai at John F. Kennedy International Airport. He admitted attempting the car bombing and said that he had trained at a Pakistani terrorist training camp, according to U.S. officials.

Summary from Español / Spanish Wikipedia (eswiki)

El 1 de mayo de 2010, un fallido coche bomba fue desmantelado por el Departamento de Policía de Nueva York (NYPD) en el Times Square, Nueva York.[1]​ Un agente fue alertado de la amenaza por un vendedor ambulante. El artefacto, compuesto por unos tanques de gas propano, pólvora y unos cables, falló al explotar y fue exitosamente desarmado por un robot sin causar muertes o daños.[2][3]

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