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Kansas man charged with plotting suicide bomb attack on Fort Riley
Source: Associated Press
Kansas man charged with plotting suicide bomb attack on Fort Riley
Associated Press in Kansas City, Kansas
Friday 10 April 2015 18.46 BST
Federal prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old Kansas man with planning a suicide bomb attack against Fort Riley in an alleged plot to support the Islamic State group.
John T Booker of Topeka was charged Friday with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, attempting to damage property by means of an explosive and attempting to provide material support to the terrorist group.
US attorney Barry Grissom says Booker was arrested Friday near Manhattan, Kansas, about 100 miles west of Kansas City. Grissom didn’t elaborate on the arrest.
A FBI agent says there was no breach at the military base, which is in the north of the state.
Associated Press in Kansas City, Kansas
Friday 10 April 2015 18.46 BST
Federal prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old Kansas man with planning a suicide bomb attack against Fort Riley in an alleged plot to support the Islamic State group.
John T Booker of Topeka was charged Friday with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, attempting to damage property by means of an explosive and attempting to provide material support to the terrorist group.
US attorney Barry Grissom says Booker was arrested Friday near Manhattan, Kansas, about 100 miles west of Kansas City. Grissom didn’t elaborate on the arrest.
A FBI agent says there was no breach at the military base, which is in the north of the state.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/10/kansas-man-isis-plotting-fort-riley-attack
Source: NBC News
ISIS-Inspired John Thomas Booker Jr. Charged in Kansas Military Bomb Plot
— Pete Williams
First published April 10th 2015, 3:24 pm
A 20-year-old Kansas man was arrested Friday morning after federal authorities say he plotted to detonate a car bomb at the Fort Riley military base in the name of ISIS.
But John T. Booker Jr., also known as Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, was using bomb material which he thought was explosive but was in fact inert, and provided by what turned out to be undercover FBI operatives, according to federal prosecutors.
Booker was charged with one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction (explosives), one count of attempting to damage property by means of an explosive and one count of attempting to provide material support to ISIS, the Justice Department said in a news release.
Booker, of Topeka, was arrested at 9 a.m. local time without incident near Manhattan, Kansas, just east of Fort Riley. Prosecutors claim he was making final preparations for setting off a bomb as part of a suicide mission against U.S. military personnel, according to a criminal complaint.
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— Pete Williams
First published April 10th 2015, 3:24 pm
A 20-year-old Kansas man was arrested Friday morning after federal authorities say he plotted to detonate a car bomb at the Fort Riley military base in the name of ISIS.
But John T. Booker Jr., also known as Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, was using bomb material which he thought was explosive but was in fact inert, and provided by what turned out to be undercover FBI operatives, according to federal prosecutors.
Booker was charged with one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction (explosives), one count of attempting to damage property by means of an explosive and one count of attempting to provide material support to ISIS, the Justice Department said in a news release.
Booker, of Topeka, was arrested at 9 a.m. local time without incident near Manhattan, Kansas, just east of Fort Riley. Prosecutors claim he was making final preparations for setting off a bomb as part of a suicide mission against U.S. military personnel, according to a criminal complaint.
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Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/isis-inspired-john-thomas-booker-jr-kansas-charged-military-bomb-n339361
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Fortunately the plot was detected before anyone was hurt.
