The man who shot 10 people on a crowded New York City subway train last year pleads guilty to terrorism charges in federal court
After initially pleading not guilty last May, James, 62, on Tuesday admitted to 10 counts – one for reach gunshot victim – of committing a terrorist attack and other violence against a mass transportation system and vehicle carrying passengers and employees. He also pleaded guilty to one count of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
One of the wounded, Hourari Benkada, 27, said he was on the N train and sat next to a man with a duffel bag and reflective vest who let off a “smoke bomb.” “And all you see smoke – black smoke … going off, and then people bum-rushing to the back,” Benkada said. “This pregnant woman was in front of me. I was trying to help her. I didn’t know there were shots at first. I just thought it was a black smoke bomb. “She said, ‘I’m pregnant with a baby.’ I hugged her. And then the bum-rush continued.
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