Washington, July 23 (ANI): The father of a man who plotted to bomb New York's subways has been found guilty of obstructing a terrorism investigation.
A Brooklyn court found Mohammed Wali Zazi guilty of destroying bomb making material and conspiring to obstruct the investigation into his son's bombing plot.
He 'attempted to derail the federal investigation that was moving quickly to gather information,' the Department of Justice said.
"This defendant sought to conceal one of the most serious terror plots in recent times. He also enlisted others to help him spin his web of lies and to destroy key evidence," New York district attorney Loretta Lynch was quoted, as saying by The Dawn.
"Had the plot not been thwarted, it would have left Americans at grave risk," she added.
Zazi will be sentenced on December 2 and faces up to 40 years in prison.
According to law enforcement authorities, the defendant's Afghan-born son, Najibullah Zazi, sent emails to a contact in Pakistan in search for bomb making ingredients and then rented a car in Denver and drove toward New York City in September, 2009, in a plot to attack the New York City subway system. (ANI)
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