Man arrested for planning to detonate grenades in Times Square
An unidentified man is in federal custody after he asked about buying grenades and discussed possibly detonating them in Times Square, according to law enforcement sources.He is expected to appear in federal court in Downtown Brooklyn on Friday.
He was detected both inquiring about obtaining grenades and discussing using them in Times Square, the sources told ABC News. Members of the New York Joint Terrorism Task Force -- made up of FBI agents and NYPD detectives -- began tracking the man and eventually took him into custody.The U.S. Attorney’s Office is expected to comment later Friday.Times Square has been the site of a few attempted attacks in recent years. In May 2017, a man crashed his car into a group of people, killing one and injuring 20 others. The suspect, Richard Rojas, was later determined to be on drugs and suffering from mental illness.
The most noteworthy example of a foiled terror attack in Times Square came in 2010 when two good Samaritans noticed a smoking car and alerted authorities, who foiled the car bomb attempt.
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