Bombers’ Times Square plan: The Boston Marathon bombing suspect said that he and his brother wanted to detonate as many as six explosives in Times Square, New York officials said.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said that after the marathon bombing, the two suspects were thinking of heading to New York with the intent of setting off explosives there.
Kelly said the two had five pipe bombs and a “pressure-cooker bomb,” similar to the two bombs used in the marathon blasts, reported CNN.
“The surviving attacker revealed that New York City was next on their list of targets. He and his brother had intended to drive to New York and detonate additional explosives in Times Square,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, reported CBS News. “He told the FBI, apparently, that he and his brother had intended to drive to New York and designate additional explosives in Times Square”
Officials familiar with the case, however, told the broadcaster that the duo’s plans were not thought out entirely, describing them as “aspirational at most,” according to NBC
The information was derived from surviving suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, who this week was charged in connection with the bombings. His brother, Tamerlan, was killed last Thursday night in a police shootout.
Their New York City plan did not come to fruition after they were intercepted by police while in a stolen Mercedes last week.
“We don’t know if we would have been able to stop the terrorists had they arrived here from Boston,” Bloomberg said. “We’re just thankful that we didn’t have to find out that answer.”
