A man in Florida has been arrested after law enforcement officials were alerted to his plot to stab children at an elementary school this week.

Andrew Ivan Aman, 22, allegedly planned to attack the Tampa area school because he “hated America” and despised the large American Flag mural on the front of the school building. Aman packed a large kitchen knife in his bag with the intent to “stab as many children as possible” at Bellamy Elementary School, according to a document released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.

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