Arrest made in military recruiting center bomb plot

Authorities say a person has been arrested in the Baltimore, Md. area for plotting to blow up a military recruitment center.

BALTIMORE (AP) – Authorities say a person has been arrested in the Baltimore, Md. area for plotting to blow up a military recruitment center.

Marcia Murphy, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Baltimore, tells The Associated Press the person will appear in court Wednesday afternoon. An FBI spokesman also confirmed the arrest. They did not provide any more details.

An official who was briefed on the arrest told AP on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information that the person was given a phony bomb and was arrested after trying to detonate it.

The official says the person’s goal was to blow up a military recruitment center. The official says the person is a U.S. citizen and the plot was carried out in Baltimore County.

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