New York man arrested suspected of bomb plot

Mayor Bloomberg said Jose Pimentel had been under surveillance since May 2009

A resident of New York has been arrested on suspicion of planning to bomb targets including police cars and postal offices, the city's mayor said.

Jose Pimentel, 27, was charged with terrorism-related offences, Michael Bloomberg said at a news conference in New York.
Mr Pimentel was described as a "lone wolf" who also allegedly planned to target US troops returning from abroad.
He was inspired by al-Qaeda, Mr Bloomberg said.
Mr Bloomberg was speaking at a briefing along with Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and District Attorney Cyrus Vance, the chief prosecutor for Manhattan.
Mr Pimentel allegedly got instructions on how to build a pipe bomb from al-Qaeda's Inspire magazine, published by radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed by a US drone attack in Yemen in September.
The mayor said police had constructed a duplicate of an explosive device he alleged the suspect had built, before showed a videotape of it blowing up an unidentified car.
Mr Pimental, who had been monitored since 2009, was charged with three terrorism-related counts and two other counts, according to court documents.