FBI foils alleged New Year’s Eve bomb plot organized by pro-Palestinian group |
The FBI recently foiled a plot to carry out coordinated bombing attacks on New Year’s Eve across Southern California, US Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Monday.
“The Turtle Island Liberation Front — a far-left, pro-Palestine, anti-government, and anti-capitalist group — was preparing to conduct a series of bombings against multiple targets in California beginning on New Year’s Eve. The group also planned to target ICE agents and vehicles,” Bondi said in a statement.
Four people have been charged with conspiracy and possession of an unregistered destructive device, according to the complaint filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California.
The four defendants named in the complaint were Audrey Illeene Carroll, Zachary Aaron Page, Dante Gaffield, and Tina Lai.
The suspects were arrested last week in Lucerne Valley, a desert city east of Los Angeles, where they were suspected of preparing to test improvised explosive devices ahead of the planned bombings, according to the complaint.
The bombing plot called for explosive devices to be planted at five locations, targeting two US companies in the Los Angeles area at midnight on New Year’s Eve, it said.
Over the weekend, the