Experts: Ohio bomb plot suspect fit for trial

Published April 15, 2013 4:00am ET



AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The last of five bridge bomb-plotting suspects is suicidal, depressed and wary of a dangerous world but able to assist in his defense, psychologists testified Monday at a hearing before a judge who will determine whether the suspect is mentally competent for trial.

No bomb went off and no one was hurt in the plot last year in which the intended target was a highway bridge over a national park between Cleveland and Akron. The four other defendants have pleaded guilty and landed prison terms of six to 11 years.

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