Federal investigators released an Aurora man late Wednesday night after 8 1/2 hours of questioning in connection with a multi-state anti-terrorism investigation. Najibullah Zazi, 24, left the Byron G. Rogers Federal Building after 10:30 p.m. — but is scheduled to return this afternoon for another round of questioning, according to his attorney, Art Folsom. The move came after a day that saw federal agents raid Zazi's apartment and a house where his aunt and uncle live. Agents clad in white "clean suits" and others using dogs executed search warrants on the residences, the latest move in an investigation that has centered on a plot involving peroxide- based explosives.
Folsom said Zazi went into the meeting voluntarily in an effort to "get the air cleared." He said the FBI questioned Zazi about a recent trip to New York City — one that apparently spurred authorities to conduct raids on three homes in Queens — and also took handwriting samples and fingerprints, and swabbed the inside of Zazi's mouth for a DNA sample.
Zazi returned to his residence, accompanied by an older man and two woman, Najibullah Zazi left his apartment early Wednesday morning at about 11:40 p.m.
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