FBI Special Agent in Charge Eric Jackson talks about the FBI's roll in stopping a bomb plot. Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall (left) announced Friday a major federal investigation stopped a domestic terrorism plot by a militia group to detonate a bomb at a Garden City apartment complex where a number of Somalis live.Two Liberal men and a Dodge City resident were arrested and charged in federal court with domestic terrorism charges, Beall told reporters at a news conference in downtown Wichita.
Law enforcement sought to reassure Somalis and other immigrants in Garden City of their safety the day after three men were accused of plotting to target Somalis in the western Kansas community.
a complaint unsealed Friday charged Curtis Wayne Allen, Patrick Eugene Stein, and Gavin Wayne Wright, with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction. Prosecutors said the men don't yet have attorneys.
Prosecutors say the suspects are accused of planning to detonate truck bombs around a Garden City apartment complex where about 120 Somali residents live.
Dalma Ali Warsame, a 34-year-old Somalian, listened to law enforcement Saturday talk about the arrests. He says the alleged plot has left his family afraid.
But Police Chief Michael Utz says he wants all Garden City residents to know they are safe.
Three members of a Kansas militia group are accused of plotting to bomb an apartment complex that's home to Somali immigrants in the western Kansas meatpacking town of Garden City.
Prosecutors say the thwarted attack was planned for the day after the November election.
A complaint unsealed Friday charges 49-year-old Curtis Wayne Allen, 47-year-old Patrick Eugene Stein and 49-year-old Gavin Wayne Wright with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction.
The complaint says they're members of a small militia group that calls itself "the Crusaders." Members espouse sovereign citizen, anti-government, anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant extremist beliefs.
The complaint alleges group members hoped to inspire other militia groups and "wake people up."
Prosecutors said the men don't yet have attorneys to comment on the allegations. Their first court appearance is Monday.
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