3 Arrested in Plot to Bomb Kansas Aparment Complex, Mosque
October 14, 2016
Stephen Piggott
Curtis Allen, 49, Gavin Wright, 49, of Liberal, Kan., and Patrick Stein, 47, a resident of a nearby Dodge City, Kan., had stockpiled firearms and explosives. They planned to use four explosive-laden vehicles parked at the corners of the complex, which is home to a number of Somali immigrants, officials said during a news conference.
The group, which called itself the “Crusaders” had prepared a manifesto in which they said they hoped their attack, scheduled for the day after the General Election, would “wake people up,” Tom Beall, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas, said ...
Allen, Wright and Stein appear to have targeted the apartment complex because it was home to a number of Somali immigrants. The targeting of refugees and those institutions helping to settle refugees has been on the rise in recent years ...
Stein .. seemed to have been particularly motivated by the death of Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, the spokesman for the antigovernment occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge earlier this year.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/10/14/3-men-arrested-plot-bomb-kansas-aparment-complex-mosque-following-presidential-election
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