The FBI thwarted a terror attack in Long Beach, California, on Friday when they arrested Mark Steven Domingo, a former U.S. military veteran who planned to detonate a bomb at a rally in Long Beach this weekend.
An affidavit, The Los Angeles Times reported Monday, says the 26-year-old Domingo had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and sought retribution for the shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March, during which 50 people were killed by a white supremacist. "There must be retribution," he reportedly wrote in an online post about the Christchurch shootings. The affidavit also said that Domingo considered targeting Jews, churches, and police officers before settling on the Long Beach rally, where both far-right and anti-fascist groups planned to assemble.
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The announcement of the arrest occurred just two days after a different violent crime in Southern California. On Saturday, a 19-year-old man opened fire at a synagogue in Poway, California, near San Diego, killing one woman and wounding three. Read more about Domingo's arrest at The Los Angeles Times.
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