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Explosive found in terrorist's crotch

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-12-29 10:39
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Explosive found in terrorist's crotch

A slightly charred and singed underpants with the explosive packet removed from the crotch is seen in government photos obtained exclusively by ABC News, released to Reuters, December 28, 2009. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, based in Yemen, said it provided Nigerian suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, with an explosive device to blow up Northwest Airlines flight 253, a Delta-owned Airbus 330, as it approached Detroit on a flight from Amsterdam on Friday with almost 300 people on board.[Agencies] Explosive found in terrorist's crotch

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