A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a plot to “reboot” the US authorities by planting a bomb on the New York Inventory Trade this week and detonating it with a remote-controlled machine, based on the FBI.
Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, of Coral Springs, Florida, was charged with try to make use of an explosive machine to wreck or destroy a constructing utilized in interstate commerce.
The FBI started investigating Yener in February primarily based on a tip that he was storing “bombmaking schematics” in a storage unit. They discovered bomb-making sketches, many watches with timers, digital circuit boards and different electronics that may very well be used for constructing explosive units, based on the FBI. He had additionally searched on-line for issues associated to bomb-making since 2017, based on the FBI.
Yener additionally instructed undercover FBI brokers that he wished to detonate the bomb the week earlier than Thanksgiving and that the inventory trade in decrease Manhattan can be a well-liked goal.
He wished to bomb the inventory trade with a purpose to “reboot” the US authorities, based on courtroom paperwork.
Within the final month, he had rewired two-way radios in order that they might work as distant triggers for an explosive machine and deliberate to put on a disguise when planting the explosives, based on courtroom paperwork.
Yener had his first courtroom look Wednesday afternoon and will probably be detained whereas he awaits a trial.
The information was first reported by the web site CourtWatch.
Calls to phone numbers listed for Harun Abdul-Malik Yener in public data rang unanswered and a lawyer was not listed in courtroom data.
