A Columbia, Tennessee male purportedly tried to fly a drone loaded with nitroglycerins right into a power center prior to the FBI quit him from ruining the crucial framework, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
In a news release, the DOJ claimed 24-year-old Skyler Philippi was apprehended and billed with tried use a tool of mass devastation and tried devastation of a power center.
“As charged, Skyler Philippi believed he was moments away from launching an attack on a Nashville energy facility to further his violent white supremacist ideology – but the FBI had already compromised his plot,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland claimed. “This case serves as yet another warning to those seeking to sow violence and chaos in the name of hatred by attacking our country’s critical infrastructure: the Justice Department will find you, we will disrupt your plot, and we will hold you accountable.”
The DOJ claimed Philippi informed a personal human resource (CHS) in June, that he wished to devote a mass capturing at a YMCA in the Columbia, Tennessee location.
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Skyler Philippi took an image with FBI covert staff members while holding pipeline bombs. (Department of Justice)
Nearly a month later on, he purportedly informed one more CHS that an assault on big interstate substations would certainly “shock the system,” and create various other substations to breakdown.
According to the DOJ, Philippi looked into previous strikes on electrical substations, eventually ending that simply making use of weapons was not nearly enough. Instead, he intended to utilize a drone with nitroglycerins affixed to it, and afterwards fly the drone right into a substation.
In September, Philippi purportedly mosted likely to a substation with covert FBI staff members that he had actually formerly looked into and performed reconnaissance on.
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Skylar Philippi met FBI covert staff members in an open location near Franklin, Tennessee, to check fly a drone. (Department of Justice)
While heading, Philippi purportedly purchased C-4 and various other nitroglycerins from the covert staff members, after that later on acquired black powder to take into pipeline bombs. The DOJ claimed Philippi planned to utilize the pipeline bombs throughout the assault on the substation.
He likewise purportedly texted the private resource, “if you want to do the most damage as an accelerationist, attack high economic, high tax, political zones in every major metropolis.” Referring to the substation, Philippi specified, “Holy sh**. This will go up like a fu**in fourth of July firework.”
Philippi purportedly talked about the demand for disguises, natural leather handwear covers, putting on footwear that are also huge and the demand to shed their clothing after striking the substation. He likewise purportedly informed the staff to not bring smart devices on the evening of the assault.
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On Nov 2, 2024, Philippi joined a Nordic routine and stated a Nordic petition, the DOJ claimed.
“This is where the New Age begins,” Philippi apparently informed the covert staff members, including it was time to do something huge that would certainly be kept in mind “in the annals of history.”
Philippi and the covert staff members drove to the website, and when they got here, they relocated to their designated search settings prior to police officer apprehended him.
The DOJ claimed Philippi went to the back of the car when he was apprehended, where the drone was powered up. Next to the drone, the DOJ included, was an armed nitroglycerin.
“Driven by a racially motivated violent extremist ideology, the Defendant planned to attack the power grid with a drone and explosives, leaving thousands of Americans and critical infrastructure like hospitals without power,” FBI Director Christopher Wray claimed. “The FBI’s swift work led to the detection and disruption of the defendant’s plot before he could cause any damage. We are committed to holding accountable anyone who threatens the security of our critical infrastructure or seeks to harm American communities through domestic violent extremism.”
Philippi was billed with tried use a tool of mass devastation and tried devastation of a power center. He confronts life behind bars if founded guilty.
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