US Army veteran Mark Stevens Domingo arrested for planning bombings in California as ‘retribution’ for New Zealand Christchurch mosque attacks
- Domingo allegedly discussed targeting ‘Jews, police officers, churches and a military facility’, eventually deciding to bomb a white supremacist rally
- He was arrested after being delivered what he thought was a live explosive device by undercover officer posing as bomb maker
A US Army veteran planned to detonate improvised explosive devices at several Southern California locations to cause “mass casualties” in a terror plot thwarted by law enforcement officials.
Mark Stevens Domingo, 26 of Reseda, in the San Fernando Valley, was arrested on Friday night after he took delivery of what he thought was a live bomb from an undercover law enforcement officer posing as bomb maker. He was charged with attempting to provide material support to terrorists.
According a federal affidavit, “after considering various attacks – including targeting Jews, churches and police officers – Domingo decided to detonate an IED at a rally expected to take place in Long Beach this past weekend. As part of the plot, Domingo asked his confederate – who actually was cooperating with the FBI as part of the investigation – to find a bomb maker, and Domingo last week purchased several hundred nails to be used as shrapnel inside the IED.”
“Domingo said he specifically bought three-inch nails because they would be long enough to penetrate the human body and puncture internal organs,” the affidavit states.