Man who set off pipe bomb in New York City subway gets life in prison

A judge sentenced a Bangladeshi immigrant whose pipe bomb mostly misfired in a busy New York City subway station in 2017 to life in prison on Thursday, calling the crime "barbaric and heinous." Akayed Ullah, 31, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by Judge Richard J. Sullivan.

"A life sentence is appropriate," Sullivan said. "It was a truly barbaric and heinous crime." Ullah, 31, apologized before hearing the sentence.