Florida suspect arrested for allegedly planning to bomb NYSE: I feel like Bin Laden

A Florida suspect was arrested for allegedly planning to bomb the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) this week, according to disturbing court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.Suspect Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, was arrested Wednesday and allegedly intended to carry out the terrorist attack in New York City some time during the week of Nov.18. The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced Yener’s arrest Wednesday night and said he was charged “with attempt[ing] to use an explosive device to damage or destroy a building used in interstate commerce.”The suspect unknowingly worked with undercover FBI agents before he was arrested.

To carry out the attack, the suspect tasked the agents with “procuring the explosive element for the device, conducting surveillance of the business, and obtaining photos of the building to identify the precise location for detonating the explosive device.”“Yener planned on wearing a disguise when planting the explosive device outside the business and recorded a message to be delivered to the press about his reasons for the attack,” the US Attorney’s Office explained Wednesday.“Yener anticipated the impact of the explosion would be ‘like a small nuke went off’ and that ‘[a]nything outside’ the building ‘will be wiped out’ and ‘anything inside there would be killed’.”The FBI began monitoring the suspect in February 2024.

According to court documents filed Wednesday, agents were tipped off when they discovered Yener was “storing bombmaking schematics in an unlocked storage unit in Coral Springs, Florida,” the filings state.The FBI searched his unit in March and found electronic circuit boards, bombmaking sketches and several watches with timers.When agents interviewed Yener, he told them that he considered joining ISIS in 2015 after a self-identified member offered to recruit him.

But he opted not to join.“Yener said he decided not to join ISIS in 2015 ...