Nigerian charged over plane plot

**A US grand jury has indicted Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on six counts over an alleged plot to bomb a plane over Detroit on Christmas Day.**The charges against the 23-year-old include attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted murder of 289 passengers on board the plane.

Mr Abdulmutallab allegedly unsuccessfully tried to detonate a bomb on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.

The plane landed safely after crew and passengers overpowered him.