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A former US serviceman suspected of planning a bomb attack near Los Angeles, to avenge attacks against two mosques in New Zealand in March, was arrested Friday (April 26th), prosecutor's office said Monday.
According to the prosecutor's statement, 26-year-old Mark Steven Domingo not only claimed on the internet and in conversation with an undercover FBI agent his Muslim faith and support for jihadists and the Islamic State group, but also also displayed his determination to become a martyr of his religion.
The veteran, who served in Afghanistan, reportedly attempted to get a homemade bomb to blow up at a rally in Long Beach last weekend. This gathering was to bring together extreme right nationalists advocating the supremacy of the " white race ".
He was to receive a bomb
The suspect was arrested on Friday, April 26 after receiving what he believed to be a bomb, but was only a dummy machine delivered by an undercover agent. According to the FBI, Mark Steven Domingo " bought, on April 23 and 24, 2019, several hundred nails to use as a shot in an explosive device." He "handed these nails to someone he thought was an accomplice, but who was actually an officer of the law enforcement working for the FBI, " says the statement of the prosecutor.
" This investigation was successful in preventing a very serious threat posed by a combat-trained soldier who repeatedly said that he wanted to cause as many casualties as possible, " said Nick Hanna, Federal Attorney for Central California.
According to the indictment, Mark Steven Domingo posted a video claiming his Muslim religion on March 2. The next day, he added another saying " America needs another Las Vegas " (referring to the shooting that killed 58 people in October 2017) to " make her taste the terror she spreads. happily all over the world . "
San Fernando Valley man arrested in terror plot to detonate explosive device designed to kill innocent https://t.co/GSmTfdnVa3
US Attorney LA (@USAO_LosAngeles) April 29, 2019