Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab ( Arabic عمر فاروق عبد المطلب ) ( also referred to as Umar Abdul Mutallab and Omar Farooq al-Nigeri ; born December 22 , 1986 , Lagos ) , popularly referred to as the " Underwear Bomber " , is a Nigerian man who , at the age of 23 , confessed to and was convicted of attempting to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear while on board Northwest Airlines Flight 253 , en route from Amsterdam to Detroit , Michigan , on December 25 , 2009
Northwest Airlines Flight 253
Northwest Airlines Flight 253
People linked to Anwar al-Awlaki