They arrested a US Coast Guard lieutenant who planned a major terrorist attack against politicians and civilians

US authorities have arrested a coast guard lieutenant with an arsenal and planned a widespread attack against politicians and civilians.

The lieutenant, identified as Christopher Paul Hbadon, 49, was defined as "nationalist white"and, according to the authorities,"He wanted to kill civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country"

That is why prosecutors define Hbadon in his indictment as a "national terrorist", according to the Washington Postwho had access to the government's court documents.

Among his presumed targets, whose names were written in an Excel template, were the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Democrat Nancy Pelosi, as well as the popular deputy of the left Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and several Democratic candidates in the 2020 election, in addition to civilians and journalists.

According to court documents filed in a federal court in the state of Maryland, Hbadon advocated the use of "targeted violence" to establish the "white homeland" and dream of "almost killing the last person on the surface of the Earth".

He also fantasized about a biological attack on food and a "bomb / sniper campaign".

Hbadon, arrested last Friday, had recently returned alarming research on the Internet, considering your intentions:

-8.54: "What happens if Trump is illegally removed?"
-8.57: "The best place in Washington DC to meet members of Congress"
-8.58: "Where in Washington to see the Congress"
-10.39: "Civil War if Trump is fired"
-11.26: "American Social Democrats"

Although Hbadon was Weapon Accumulation since 2017, he does not know when he planned to act.

In their home in Silver Spring (a suburb of Washington, Maryland), the authorities discovered a large number of weapons and narcotics.

According to researchers, Hbadon He was studying the manifesto of the far-right Norwegian Anders Behring Breivikthat in 2011, 77 people were murdered. They also indicate that he was obsessed with neo-fascist and neo-Nazi ideology.

Hbadon served in the Marine Corps between 1988 and 1993, then in the National Guard for two years. Since 2016 He worked as a lieutenant in the US Coast Guard at its headquarters in Washington.

Hbadon must appear Thursday before a judge to determine his status pending trial. Prosecutors argue that he should remain in jail.

(With EFE information)