A Florida man has been arrested and charged with plotting to set off a bomb at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), according to court documents.
Harun Abdul-Malik Yener is accused of attempting to use an explosive device to damage or destroy a building used in interstate commerce, according the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
According to the FBI, he allegedly recorded himself saying “I feel like [Osama] Bin Laden” – a reference to the former al-Qaeda leader responsible for the 9/11 attacks on the US.
Federal officials began investigating him in February after receiving a tip that he was keeping bomb-making supplies inside an unlocked storage unit.
Agents searched the facility in Coral Springs and said they discovered “bombmaking sketches, numerous watches with timers, electronic circuit boards and other electronics”, court documents said.
A federal public defender in the Southern District of Florida who…
