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6th Suspa. . 1dentified in Bombiirig,.-
Of-, 'rade Center* Others Re ted
By Jim McGee'
WmhiVan Post Staff Writer
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan Yesterday re-
leased a new indictment that, names a new suspect in
the Feb. 26 bombing of the World Trade Center.
Reindicted in the superseding charge were Mohammed
,Salameh, 2 ; Nid Xi d Mahmud Abolialinia,
5 al Yyad,: 25, an
33. They were 6arge4 with a single count of causing the
bombing, which. killed six people, injured more than 1,000
and demolished ian :underground parking garage. They
have pleaded not guilt'y and remain in custody.
The fi6w suspl@ffi@;RAnffl- ed Yousef, 25, who also
@'gaid`Yousef
was cited in the new indictment."Auth)MMe"
had resided at the same Jersey City, NJ., address once
occupied by Salameh. He had not previously been iden-
tified in the probe and was not in custody last night. Au-
thorities told Reuter he islelieved to have fled, possibly
to Egypt. A warrant has been issued for his -arrest.
The new indictment did not name two other men who
have been formally linked to the -bombing by federal
officials. One informed official said this was because of
the volume of work faced by prosecutors involved in the
investigation.
Bilal-Alkqisi,-26j was arrested last week on a federal
complaint ti;@i contained circumstantial evidence of his
relationship with Ayyad. A fifth -man---IbrAh1- El-@,,
gabrowny,., 42-, has been charged with Vobstructing a
search of his home in Brooklyn and possessing five
fraudulent passports. Elgabrowny, who has pleaded not
guilty, has not been charged with ..involvement in the
bombing. Both men remain in custody.
Salameh, a handyman from Jersey City, was arrested
March 4 after investigators found part of a van at the
bomb scene and traced it to a rental outlet in Jersey
City. Authorities said Salameh rented the van @nd then
reported it stolen several hours after the bombing.
Ayyad, a. chemical engineer from MapleVODd, NJ.,
was arrested Marcb 10: after FK-agents searched a
rental storage shed allegedly tented'b . Salameh in New
y
Jersey and found chen-dcals that authorities said can be
mixed to create a high explosive.
Abohalima was arrested afte4he was released by the
Egyptian government. @ His lawyer has said Abohalima
was tortur(6d'by Egyptian security officials and ques-
tioned about the bombing for more than a week.- Since
FBI agents brought Abohalima -back to New York
March 24, there has been no public disclosureof the
evidence implicating him in the bombing..
In response to questions about the contents of a let-
ter to the New York Times purportedly threatening
further attacks, FBI Director William- S. Sessions told
the Associated Press: "We have no evidence that a
large group in the United States is preparing for a wave
of terrorist attacks. However, the magnitude of -the
World Trade Center attack naturally heightens the lev-
el of concern and awareness for all U.S. citizens. . .
Special corr4ondent Rachel R Stassen-Berger in New
York con tributed to this repod
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