Two people were arrested and subjected to judicial investigation. United States of America variety to plan Attacks on electricity substations in the countrybetween them Brandon RussellA former prisoner who founded a neo-Nazi terrorist organization in Florida.
Russell, 27 and Sarah Beth ClendanielThe 34-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of planning an attack on Maryland’s power grid, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported Monday.
“The defendants were not only speaking, but also They took steps to carry out their threats. Thomas Sobocinksi, a special agent at the FBI’s Baltimore, Maryland office,” said.
Russell is a “founder”neo-Nazi terrorist organization” It is known as the Atomwaffen Division, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
In 2017, Russell was charged twice with possession and storage of explosives at his home in Tampa, in northeast Florida.
According to officials, the Maryland resident detailed her plans to attack five substations to an undercover FBI agent.
According to the police version, Clendaniel told the whistleblower that if they managed to attack all the substations in the same day, they would “totally destroy this city (Baltimore)” and “four or five bona fide shots through the middle of the substations”. would give”.
Frek Barron, Attorney for the U.S. District of Maryland, said: “The planned attacks were life-threatening and would leave thousands of Marylanders in darkness and cold.”
The indictment documents allege that since at least June 2022, Russell conspired to mount attacks on critical infrastructure, particularly power grid substations, to advance “racist, violent extremist views”.
There were two shootings at power grid substations in North Carolina last December, and similar sabotage has occurred in Washington, Oregon, and Nevada in recent months.