6TH SUSPECT IDENTIFIED IN BOMBING OF TRADE CENTER (WASHINGTON POST)

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6th Suspect Identified in Bombing
Of Trade Center; Others Reindlicted
By Jim McGee guilty, has not been charged with ~ involvement in the
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bombing. Both men remain in custody. WdW Salameh, a handyman from Jersey City, was arrested
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan yesterday re- March 4 after investigators found part of a van at the
leased a new indictment that, names a new suspect in bomb scene and traced . it to a rental outlet in Jersey
the Feb. 26 bombing of the World Trade Center. City. Authorities said Salameh rented the van and then
Reindicted in the superseding charge were Mohammed reported it stolen several hours after the bombing.
,;Salameh, 25; Nidal Ayyad, 25, and Mahmud Abohalima, Ayyad, a chemical engineer from Maplewood, N.J.,
33. They were charged with a single count of causing the was arrested Marcb 10 - after FBI';agents searched a
bombing, which:killed.six people, injured more than 1,000 rental storage shed allegedly rented by Salameh in New
and demolished an underground parking garage. They Jersey and found chemicals that authorities said can be
have pleaded not. guilty:: and remain in custody. mixed to create a high explosive.
The `new'susp is, RaniiiAhmedYousef, 25, who also Abohalima was arrested afte he was released by the
was cited in the new indictment ?A u~ on "es said Yousef Egyptian government. His lawyer has said.Abohalima
had resided at the same Jersey City, NJ., address once was tortured by Egyptian security officials and ques-
occupied by Salameh. He had not previously been iden- tinned about the bombing for more than a week. Since
tified in the probe and was not in custody last night. Au- FBI agents brought Abohalima- back to New York
thorities told Reuter he is-believed to have fled, possibly March 24, there has been no public disclosure of the
to Egypt. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. evidence implicating him in the bombing.
The new indictment did not name two other men who In response to questions about the contents of a let-
have been formally linked to the bombing by federal ter to the New York Times purportedly threatening
officials. One informed official said this was because of further attacks, FBI Director William S. Sessions told
the volume of work faced by prosecutors involved in the the Associated Press: "We have no evidence that a
investigation. large group in the United States is preparing for a wave
Bilal Aikajsi; 26, was arrested last week on a federal of terrorist attacks. However, the magnitude of - the
complaint that contained circumstantial evidence of his World Trade Center attack naturally heightens the lev-
relationship with Ayyad. A fifth -man,- -'Ibrahim el of concern and awareness for all U.S. citizens ...
gabrowny, 42 has been charged with obstructing a
search of his home in Brooklyn and possessing five Special correspondent Rachel E. Stassen-Berger in New
fraudulent passports. Elgabrowny, who has pleaded not York contributed to this report -
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