Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit on six federal charges stemming from his alleged plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight Christmas Day.
The Detroit Free Press details the charges:
Abdulmutallab was charged with six counts: attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, attempted murder within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, willful attempt to destroy and wreck an aircraft within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, willfully placing a destructive device on an aircraft and two counts possession of a destructive device in furtherance of a crime of violence.
The paper reports that the weapon of mass destruction charge carries a sentence of up to life in prison.
Abdulmutallab is currently being held in a Michigan prison while he awaits trial.
Read the full indictment here.
