NEW YORK : Lawyers for the young Nigerian accused of trying to blow up the U.S. plane on Christmas Day pleaded not guilty Friday, as he faced life imprisonment on six charges.Wearing a white T-shirt and beige trousers, 23-year-old Omar Farouk Abdulmutallab spoke to confirm his name, age and that he had read a copy of the indictment against him, as a lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.
Abdulmutallab, son of a prominent Nigerian banker, was arrested following the botched al-Qaeda plot, in which a device allegedly stitched into his underwear failed to detonate on board a Northwest flight from Amsterdam.
The thwarted bombing has triggered U.S. and global alarm, leading the United States to adopt stringent new screening and security measures at airports around the world. Dozens of names have also been added to no-fly lists.
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