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The FBI arrested and charged a 30-year-old Florida-based homeless man for allegedly plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange before Thanksgiving.
Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, of Coral Gables, Fla., was recorded telling an undercover agent that he felt “like Bin Laden,” a reference to Osama bin Laden, the former al-Qaeda leader and the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, according to federal authorities.
The homeless suspect somehow gathered enough resources to arrive in New York from Florida to construct an explosive device to bomb the NYSE on Wall Street, according to an FBI affidavit filed on Nov. 20.
The FBI charged Yener of attempting to damage or destroy a building used in interstate commerce by means of an explosive.
Federal law enforcement began investigating Yener in February, after receiving a tip from an informant that he was keeping bomb-making supplies inside an unlocked storage unit and that he expressed interest in joining anti-government militia, according to court documents.
Yener had been researching online how to make a bomb since 2017, according to investigators.
