Moroccan national planned to use ‘drone-like flying bomb’ on federal building

Published time: April 08, 2014 03:20

A Moroccan national was arrested in Bridgeport, Connecticut for allegedly planning to use a radio-controlled model airplane as a “drone-like flying bomb,” with the aim of slamming it into a school and a federal building.

The FBI arrested El Mehdi Semlali Fahti, 27, after “wires and tools” were found in his Bridgeport apartment, the Connecticut Post reported. The FBI did not say if explosives were uncovered.

Fahti communicated with an undercover FBI agent in five recorded discussions during which he revealed that he had studied the bomb attack plan for months. He said he made a chemical bomb while in high school in Morocco, according to court documents.

During the recordings, Fahti mentioned he could acquire other materials he needed for his plot in“Southern California on the border.”

Funding, he said in the conversations, would come from “secret accounts” that contained money-laundered cash and profits from drug deals, according to the FBI.

The affidavit filed by FBI Special Agent Anabela Sharp does not specify what buildings Fahti had allegedly mentioned as targets. He did say, though, that one was an out-of-state school and the other a federal building located in Connecticut.

Fahti could face terrorism charges if evidence is taken to a federal grand jury in the indictment process.

FULL STORY: http://rt.com/usa/drone-bomb-connecticut-federal-021/