Bomber left keys to getaway car in vehicle with bomb

Times:

he man accused of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction in Times Square carried out a dry run days before the failed attack, it has been claimed.

Faisal Shahzad, who is in custody in New York on terrorism and weapons charges, drove from his home in Connecticut to the theatre district on April 28 in the vehicle that days later he would pack with explosives, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press.

Mr Shahzad then returned on April 30 - the day before the attack - to drop off a black Isuzu get-away vehicle near to the target site.

But despite these preparations his escape from the scene on May 1 was hampered when Mr Shahzad discovered he had left the keys for the getaway vehicle inside the explosive laden car, the official said.

He was forced to travel by public transport after leaving Times Square and returned on Sunday May 2 to retrieve the Isuzu even as investigators were searching for suspects. Mr Shahzad used the black vehicle to drive to John F. Kennedy airport where he was apprehended on board a flight out of the country.

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It sounds like he was a little nervous about getting away. He was not interested in dying from the blast he intended.

The story indicates he had ties of a Kashmir group as well as the Taliban.