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Federal officials say the public was never in danger in a Massachusetts man's alleged plot to blow up the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol using remote-controlled airplanes filled with explosives.
Federal officials say the public was never in danger in a Massachusetts man's alleged plot to blow up the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol using remote-controlled airplanes filled with explosives.
They say the explosives delivered to Rezwan Ferdaus were always closely monitored.
The 26-year-old was arrested Wednesday and accused of plotting to blow up the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol, as well as attempting to assist Al Qaeda in attacking U.S. troops overseas.
Rezwan Ferdaus of Ashland, Mass., was arrested Wednesday in Framingham after undercover FBI agents delivered weapons Ferdaus allegedly sought for the alleged plan. The stash included what he thought was 25 pounds of C-4 explosives, as well as three grenades and six fully-automatic AK-47 assault, a press release from the Department of Justice reads.
Ferdaus was arrested after he took the materials and locked them in his storage unit, according to an affadavit that says the storage unit was rented under a false name in June.
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