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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Andrew Buncombe

‘Prophet of Doom’ who opened fire on New York subway train pleads guilty to terrorism charges

Independent

A man who styled himself the “Prophet of Doom” and opened fire on a New York subway train, has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges.

Frank James, 63, accused of wounding ten people last April when he opened fire on a packed Brooklyn subway train, had initially denied the charges when he appeared before the authorities in May.

But on Tuesday he admitted ten terrorism charges in an act that prosecutors said was “intended to inflict maximum damage at the height of rush hour”.

“Guilty,” said James when he was asked by the judge, William Kuntz, how he wished to plead.

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