Paper: Seattle Bomb Plot Suspect Arrested

ByABC News
December 7, 2000, 5:36 PM

N E W   YO R K, Dec. 7 -- A man indicted in Seattle and accused of a terrorist bomb plot was arrested inAlgeria, The New York Times reported today.

Investigators say Abdelmajid Dahoumane was an accomplice of Ahmed Ressam.

Ressam was arrested last December in Port Angeles after he wascaught arriving by ferry with explosives in his car.

Officials believe the two men made the explosives together in BritishColumbia and planned to bomb New Years celebrations in Seattle.

Bin Laden-Related Questions

The paper says Algerian police have been questioning Dahoumanenot only about activities in Canada and the United States but alsoabout possible links to a terrorist network headed by Osama binLaden.

Hes accused of bombing two U.S. embassies in Africa.

Meanwhile, Ressam is scheduled for trial in March in LosAngeles.