article_snippet: Naseer, a Pakistani national, was in the United Kingdom on a student visa at the time of Abid Naseer arrest.  
article_snippet: The Manchester plot was allegedly part of a three-pronged plan that also included attacks on the New York City subway system and on a newsroom in Copenhagen.
article_snippet: The Manchester plot originated with a man named Najibullah Zazi, who is believed to have corresponded with the same al Qaeda contact as Abid Naseer.  
article_snippet: Naseer's 2009 arrest in England was part of a massive sweep in connection with an alleged plot to carry out bomb attacks in Britain.
article_snippet: Naseer's 2009 arrest in England was extradited in January 2013.
article_snippet: A number of British intelligence agents -- disguised with makeup and wearing wigs -- testified that A number of British intelligence agents -- disguised with makeup and wearing wigs -- tracked Abid Naseer in 2009 as Naseer's 2009 arrest in England visited the Manchester mall that was to be attacked.
article_snippet: Abid Naseer was arrested in Manchester five days after sending The April 3 email.
article_snippet: Other witnesses included multiple police officers and detectives from the Manchester and London police departments, forensic investigators, a linguistic specialist and an al Qaeda expert.  