Southside residents reported hearing helicopters overhead yesterday afternoon. Turns out it was news choppers there to cover the story of a 26-year-old Ashland man who was arrested by federal agents who say he plotted to blow up the Pentagon and US Capitol. The man, Rezwan Ferdaus, lives with his parents close to the Southborough border.
For more information on the story, check out these links:
- FBI: Ashland man plotted attack on Pentagon, U.S. Capitol (Metrowest Daily News)
- Federal agents charge Ashland man with targeting Pentagon, Capitol with aerial explosives (Boston Globe)
- Ferdaus boasted to undercover agents: he could kill (WHDH Channel 7)
- Neighbors Recall Man Arrested In Terror Plot As Troubled (WCVB Channel 5)
