Frank James, the man suspected of shooting and causing mayhem in a crowded New York subway train on April 12, pleaded not guilty on Friday, including to the charge of terrorist attack, a court source said.
The 62-year-old, in custody, was recently indicted by a grand jury for “terrorist attack and shooting“. If convicted of a terrorist attack, he faces life in prison.
On the morning of April 12, at rush hour, the suspect, wearing a gas mask, had released two smoke devices, filling the train with fog, before firing several times. Assessment of the attack, which occurred at the level of “36th Street“, a busy station in south Brooklyn: 30 injured, 10 of whom were shot, including several teenagers.
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