NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - The man who tried to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank Building in lower Manhattan has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to terrorism charges.
Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis was arrested last October in an FBI sting operation.
Federal prosecutors said the Bangladesh native was in the process of trying to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb packed into a van parked on Liberty Street near the building.
The explosive device had been supplied by an undercover FBI agent and was never operable, authorities said.
An FBI affidavit said Nafis wanted to "destroy America" and that "the most efficient way to accomplish this goal was to target America's economy."
Right before attempting to set off the bomb, Nafis made a video in which he said, "We will not stop until we attain victory or martyrdom," authorities said.
Nafis was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
He pleaded guilty in February and apologized, saying "I no longer support violent Jihad. I deeply and sincerely regret my involvement with this case."
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