Three men were arrested and charged on Friday in connection with a bomb plot aimed at a Somali refugee community in western Kansas.
Curtis Allen, 49; Gavin Wright, 51; and Patrick Stein have been charged with domestic terrorism, according to acting U.S. Attorney General Tom Beall. The trio of Caucasian men had been planning to bomb an apartment complex and mosque in Garden City, where an estimated 120 Somali refugees live.
The men, who deemed themselves the “Crusaders” in a manifesto investigators uncovered during a raid, had planned to carry out the attack on Nov. 9, the day following Election Day. The group had been stockpiling firearms and ammunition, and had planned to park vehicles packed full of explosives at the four corners of the Garden City apartment complex.
Federal and local law enforcement have been tracking the three men for eight months.
The three each face life sentences in prison if convicted.
