TAMPA, Fla. — Five self-proclaimed anarchists were arrestedMonday after allegedly conspiring to blow up a bridge about 15 miles south of Cleveland. Based on statements in the affidavit, not only are the suspects linked to the Occupy movement, but one of them mentioned the Republican National Convention in Tampa as another possible target.
FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen Anthony says, “The co-conspirators placed the inert IEDs at the base of a concrete support pillar and prepared to remotely detonate the devices.”
But officials say their plan fizzled out after an undercover agent sold them two inoperable explosive devices.
Agent Anthony adds, “I want to stress, we all want to stress up here, that at no time during the course of the investigation was the public ever in danger.”
