NYSE Bombing Thwarted By FBI, Officials Say

NEW YORK CITY — A Florida man has been arrested and charged with plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange this week, according to federal authorities.

Harun Abdul-Malik Yener was charged with attempt to use an explosive device to damage or destroy a building used in interstate commerce on Wednesday

He is accused of telling undercover FBI agents that he wanted to detonate a bomb the week before Thanksgiving at the stock exchange, declaring he wanted to "attain a reboot or reset of the U.S. government."

The FBI began investigating Yener in February after receiving a tip that he was storing bomb making schematics in a storage unit, authorities said.

Federal agents found bomb making sketches, numerous watches with timers, electronic circuit boards and other electronics that could be used for building explosive devices.

Yener had been searching online for things related to bomb making since 2017, the FBI said.

Yener planned on wearing a disguise when planting the explosive device outside the stock exchange, and allegedly recorded a message to be delivered to the press about his reasons for the attack.

Yener anticipated the impact of the explosion would be “like a small nuke went off” and that “anything outside” the building would be wiped out and “anything inside there would be killed," according to federal authorities.

Yener will remain behind bars while he awaits a trial.

Attorney information for Yener was not readily available as of Thursday afternoon.

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