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Federal law enforcement thwarts alleged terror plot in LA area
Source: CNN
Federal law enforcement thwarts alleged terror plot in LA area
CNN Digital Expansion 2019, Josh Campbell
By Josh Campbell, CNN
Updated 3:42 PM ET, Mon April 29, 2019
(CNN) -- Federal law enforcement thwarted an alleged terror plot involving several targets in the Los Angeles area, according to a federal official.
Officials are expected to discuss the disruption of the plot Monday afternoon at a news conference.
This story is breaking and will be updated.
CNN's Kate Sullivan contributed to this report.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/29/politics/terror-plot-thwarted-la/index.html
Another one? Edited: here's more:
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https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-los-angeles-terror-plot-20190429-story.html
Man plotted terror attacks in L.A. County to cause 'mass casualties,' authorities say
By RICHARD WINTON and JAMES QUEALLY
APR 29, 2019 1:15 PM
A Reseda man planned to detonate improvised explosive devices at several Southern California locations to cause "mass casualties" in a terror plot thwarted by law enforcement officials, authorities said Monday.
Mark Stevens Domingo, 26, an Army veteran, was arrested Friday night after he took delivery of what he thought was a live bomb from an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a bombmaker, officials said. He was charged with attempting to provide material support to terrorists.
According to a federal affidavit, "after considering various attacks -- including targeting Jews, churches, and police officers -- Domingo decided to detonate an IED at a rally scheduled to take place in Long Beach this past weekend. As part of the plot, Domingo asked his confederate -- who actually was cooperating with the FBI as part of the investigation -- to find a bomb-maker, and Domingo last week purchased several hundred nails to be used as shrapnel inside the IED.
"Domingo said he specifically bought three-inch nails because they would be long enough to penetrate the human body and puncture internal organs," the affidavit states.
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Watch live: Representatives from the U.S. attorney's office for the Central District of California, the FBI, the LAPD, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Long Beach Police Department are speaking at a press conference.
Link to tweet
Watch live: Authorities provide details on the thwarted Southern California terror plot
https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-southern-california-terror-plot-watch-live-20190429-story.html
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Federal law enforcement thwarts alleged terror plot in LA area (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Apr 2019
OP
stillcool
(32,626 posts)1. wow...they're calling it a 'terror' plot?
that seems important.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,650 posts)5. Yeah it's domestic terror if the target is white supremacists
But not Jews, muslims or POC
Dr. Strange
(25,921 posts)6. Jews were part of the target.
When asked how many people he wanted to kill, Domingo is accused of saying,
was thinking more like a group theres a bunch of Jews around this one street not a lot of parking so theyre forced to find parking and walk to synagogue, the complaint accuses.
From https://heavy.com/news/2019/04/mark-domingo-steven/
From https://heavy.com/news/2019/04/mark-domingo-steven/
oldsoftie
(12,584 posts)8. And so were police.
AllaN01Bear
(18,332 posts)2. very scarry. thanks for the information. however , i am no longer
going to click on any newspaper or tv link that blocks me from reading the story. period.
oldsoftie
(12,584 posts)3. Here is the story from NBC: "Martyrdom, bro"
AllaN01Bear
(18,332 posts)4. thanks for the information, but abc news has that too also. humbug.
oldsoftie
(12,584 posts)7. Well, it wasnt blocked by a paywall or anything else, i thought that was your issue with the OP link