Terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab rigged underwear with explosives to bring down Flight 253

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A police car patrols the plane that was almost brought down Friday in a foiled terror attack.

The suspect's father, Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, a prominent Nigerian banker, said he warned U.S. authorities that his son was a potential threat.Related News

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A Nigerian Banker's son charged with trying to blow up a plane over Detroit claims he trained with Al Qaeda leaders who had explosives sewn into his underwear, it was reported Saturday.Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab told investigators a radical imam he met over the Internet hooked him up with a terror boss in northern Yemen, ABC News said.He says he trained with the Al Qaeda leader for a month while they planned the Christmas Day attack on Northwest Flight 253.A Saudi bomb maker rigged up a six-inch packet of high explosives - known as PETN - and a syringe and sewed it into his underpants, the report said.Possible evidence of Abdulmutallab's terror ties emerged as he was hit with criminal charges and air regulations were beefed up.Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/12/26/2009-12-26_terror_suspect_umar_farouk_abdulmutallab_charged_with_trying_to_blow_up_northwes.html#ixzz0aqdCWbFH