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Court Case
US v. Ullah, Akayed
December 2017 (Updated April 22, 2021)
New York, NY
ISIS
[SDNY] Ullah, an immigrant from Bangladesh, is charged with five counts, including using a weapon of mass destruction, bombing a public place and attempting to provide material support or resources to ISIS in connection with the failed December 2017 suicide bombing at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. He told investigators he carried out the attack "in part because of the United States Government's policies in, among other places, the Middle East." Ullah was sentenced in April 2021 to life in prison for detonating a bomb in a New York City subway station.
Case Updates
2021-04-22 | Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for ISIS-inspired Bombing in New York City Subway Station in 2017
Ullah was sentenced in April 2021 to life in prison for detonating a bomb in a New York City subway station. He admitted that he conducted the terrorist attack on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. He was convicted of offenses related to the detonation and attempted detonation of a bomb in a subway station near the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City on Dec. 11, 2017.
