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Trial Date Set For Chelsea Bombing Suspect

By Maya Rajamani | November 30, 2016 12:24pm
 Ahmad Khan Rahimi's trial will start on March 27, 2017, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
Ahmad Khan Rahimi's trial will start on March 27, 2017, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
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CHELSEA — A judge has set a trial date for the man accused of planting a pair of bombs in Chelsea, officials said.

Suspect Ahmad Khan Rahimi’s trial will start on March 27, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said Wednesday.

Rahimi, 28, was indicted earlier this month on charges including using a weapon of mass destruction for planting the two bombs on Sept. 17, one of which injured more than 30 people on West 23rd Street.

A second bomb placed on West 27th Street failed to detonate after two Egyptian tourists removed it from a suitcase and accidentally deactivated it.

Rahimi — who was captured by police officers in New Jersey two days after the bombing — has pleaded not guilty to federal terrorism and attempted murder charges.