'Bomber Plotted To Target Easter Shoppers'

Lawyers prosecuting a man accused of plotting to blow up Manchester's Arndale shopping centre have told a court he "was giving life to al Qaeda's words with blood". Abid Naseer is on trial in New York accused of playing a major part in a global terror plot to launch coordinated attacks in Manhattan, Manchester and Copenhagen in 2009. In her closing arguments, lead prosecutor Zainab Ahmad said that the 28-year-old was going to use a car bomb or bombs in Manchester "and wa