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marmar

(77,077 posts)
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:13 PM Mar 2020

Race War advocates seek to exploit coronavirus crisis


The suspected white supremacist who plotted to bomb a hospital facing the coronavirus crisis was in touch with a then-active U.S. Army soldier who wanted to launch his own attack on a major American news network and discussed targeting a Democratic presidential candidate, according to an FBI alert summarizing the case.

On Tuesday, as 36-year-old Timothy Wilson was on the verge of trying to detonate a car bomb at a Kansas City-area medical center, agents from the FBI’s field office in Missouri attempted to arrest him. But shots were fired, fatally wounding Wilson, according to the FBI. .......(more)

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-learned-coronavirus-inspired-bomb-plotter-radicalized-us/story?id=69818116



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Race War advocates seek to exploit coronavirus crisis (Original Post) marmar Mar 2020 OP
"Domestic Terrorism (DT) subject" from near Kansas City." zackymilly Mar 2020 #1
Glad the FBI was paying attention. Hoyt Mar 2020 #2
Assisted by active US Army soldier - WTH lunasun Mar 2020 #3

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
3. Assisted by active US Army soldier - WTH
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:31 PM
Mar 2020

"Oh yeah, I got knowledge of IEDs for days. We can make cell phone IEDs in the style of the Afghans. I can teach you that."

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