An expert witness for the federal government in the case against alleged “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has constructed a version of the bomb the Nigerian 24-year-old allegedly tried to set off on a plane en route to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.Abdulmutallab’s trial, in which the son of a wealthy Nigerian banker plans to defend himself, gets underway this week.
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