Nigeria attacker cut contact with family

The family of a Nigerian man who tried to blow up a US passenger jet said today they had lost contact with him while he was studying abroad and had reported his disappearance to security agencies two months ago. "His father, having become concerned...

The family of a Nigerian man who tried to blow up a US passenger jet said today they had lost contact with him while he was studying abroad and had reported his disappearance to security agencies two months ago.

"His father, having become concerned about his disappearance and stoppage of communication while schooling abroad, reported the matter to Nigerian security agencies about two months ago and to some foreign security agencies about a month and a half ago," the man's family said in a statement sent to Nigerian media.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has been charged with trying to bring down the Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day.

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