Two men have been arrested in what the Justice Department says was a plot to attack a military recruiting station in Seattle with machine guns and grenades.
Update at 4:36 p.m. ET: ABC News, citing unidentified officials, reports that the two suspects met in prison, where they converted to Islam.
One note: The ABC headline currently reads, "Feds: Prison Converts to Extremist Islam Planned Ft. Hood Style Assault in Seattle," but the modifier "extremist" is not contained in the article, and the Justice Department news release does not mention Islam. The news release quotes Todd Hinnen, acting assistant attorney general for national security, as saying, "Driven by a violent, extreme ideology, these two young Americans are charged with plotting to murder men and women who were enlisting in the Armed Forces to serve and protect our country. This is one of a number of recent plots targeting our military here at home."
Update at 3:58 p.m. ET: The Justice Department said "a citizen" alerted law enforcement that he/she had been approached about participating in the attack and supplying firearms, and agreed to cooperate in the sting. Authorities began monitoring Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif and Walli Mujahidh, and since early June discussions about a "violent assault" on the Military Entrance Processing Station in South Seattle were captured on audio and video.
The suspects are due in federal court today at 2:30 p.m. PT (5:30 p.m. ET) for initial appearances on terrorism and firearms charges.
Update at 3:44 p.m. ET: Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, aka Joseph Anthony Davis, 33, of Seattle, and Walli Mujahidh, aka Frederick Domingue Jr., 32, of Los Angeles, were arrested last night, the Justice Department said in a news release. They are accused of buying machine guns from a person working with the FBI and planning an attack on the Military Entrance Processing Station on East Marginal Way. Besides the guns, which had been rendered inoperable, the pair also allegedly planned to use grenades, the Justice Department said.
The original target was Joint Base Lewis-McChord, near Tacoma, but the defendants later changed targets, the Justice Department noted.
Besides processing enlistees, the Seattle station houses a federal day care center.
Original post: The Justice Department says two men have been arrested in a plot to attack a Seattle military recruiting station, the Associated Press is reporting.
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