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Times Square bomb suspect indicted - U.S. official


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Times Square bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad has been indicted by a federal grand jury for parking a vehicle containing a crude bomb that failed to detonate in New York's crowded Midtown Manhattan, a U.S. official said on Thursday.

    Shahzad, 30, was arrested two days after the failed May 1 attack and was charged with five felony counts, including attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and trying to kill and maim people.

    The indictment is a more formal charge handed down by a grand jury. He faces life in prison if convicted.

    (Reporting by Basil Katz; Editing by Daniel Trotta)