The Department of Justice announced Monday the arrest of a former U. S. Army infantryman who is accused of plotting a “mass casualty”terrorist attack…
The Department of Justice announced Monday the arrest of a former U. S. Army infantryman who is accused of plotting a “mass casualty”terrorist attack at a white nationalist rally in Long Beach, California over the weekend.
Agents arrested the suspect, Mark Steven Domingo of Reseda, California, on Friday evening after an undercover source for the FBI sent the suspect what he believed was a live bomb that he could use to carry out his attack.
“This investigation successfully disrupted a very real threat posed by a trained combat soldier who repeatedly stated he wanted to cause the maximum number of casualties,” U. S. Attorney for the Central District of California Nick Hanna said in a statement.
A 30-page affidavit filed with the criminal complaint against Domingo alleges that his planning to construct a bomb dates back to early March.
Domingo “expressed support for violent jihad,” the affidavit alleges, and he had expressed intentions to target Jews, churches and police officers in revenge for attacks against Muslims.
