By ALEX GINSBERG
May 16, 2008
A Brooklyn man was indicted yesterday on attempted-murder charges for trying to evict a tenant - with a homemade bomb that claimed the victim's leg.
Yung Tang, 38, also was hit with charges of first-degree criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly placing the explosive device under the minivan of tenant Israel Halberstam in 2002.
Brooklyn prosecutors said Halberstam owed Tang some $100,000 in back rent for space on Sixth Avenue in Bay Ridge that the tenant was using as a business showroom.
Tang maintains his innocence. "We believe there's a lot more to this case than meets the eye," said his lawyer, Michael Farkas.
