The vehicle's engine was running and its hazard lights were on. Surveillance video footage shows the driver walking away through an alley shortly after parking the vehicle. The vehicle was left, unoccupied, on a tourist-crowded block at the eastern corner of 1 Astor Plaza near the entrance to the Minskoff Theatre which was housing the musical The Lion King. Eastern Daylight Time on Saturday evening, May 1, 2010. Surveillance video shows the bomber's vehicle, a dark blue 1993 Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle with tinted windows, entering Times Square at approximately 6:28 p.m. Car bombing attempt Times Square after the vehicle fire was extinguished On October 5, 2010, Shahzad was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to a 10-count indictment in June, including charges of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting an act of terrorism. The Obama administration saw a need for retaliatory options, including a unilateral military strike in Pakistan, if a future successful attack was to be traced to Pakistan-based militants. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned of "severe consequences" if an attack like this were to be successful and traced back to Pakistan.
Holder said the Pakistani Taliban directed the attack and may have financed it. More than a dozen people were arrested by Pakistani officials in connection with the plot. United States Attorney General Eric Holder said that Shahzad's intent had been "to kill Americans." Shahzad was charged in federal court in Manhattan on May 4 with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and other federal crimes related to explosives.
He admitted attempting the car bombing and said that he had trained at a Pakistani terrorist training camp, according to U.S.
He was arrested after he had boarded Emirates Flight 202 to Dubai at John F. Two days later, federal agents arrested Faisal Shahzad, a 30-year-old Pakistan-born resident of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who had become a U.S. The bomb had been ignited, but failed to explode, and was disarmed before it caused any casualties. Two street vendors alerted NYPD after they spotted smoke coming from a vehicle, and a car bomb was discovered. On May 1, 2010, a terrorist attack was attempted in Times Square in Manhattan, New York.
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