| 1 | The US Department of Justice, headed by US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, has charged Florida man Harlem Suarez with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. |
| 2 | Washington: A Florida man has been charged in an alleged backpack bomb plot he planned to carry out on a public beach in Key West to show his support for the Islamic State militant group, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday. |
| 3 | Harlem Suarez, also known as Almlak Benitez, 23, of Key West, was arrested on Monday as part of an FBI sting operation and charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, the department said. |
| 4 | According to the criminal complaint, the FBI was alerted to Facebook posts made by Suarez in April of this year in which he expressed his support for Islamic State. |
| 5 | An FBI informant then made contact with Suarez, who told the informant that he wanted to carry out an attack in the United States. |
| 6 | Suarez also posted a request on Facebook asking how to make a bomb, saying "send me a video or something, and what do I need to make it." |
| 7 | In discussion with the informant, Suarez planned to make a bomb that would be detonated remotely by a cellphone, the complaint said. |
| 8 | The bomb, to contain galvanised nails, would have been hidden in a backpack, prosecutors allege. |
| 9 | Suarez was arrested when he received an inert bomb that had been prepared by FBI undercover agents. |
| 10 | It was not immediately possible to find out whether Suarez had retained a lawyer. |
| 11 | Numerous young men have been arrested in the United States in recent months, with many plotting 'lone wolf attacks' in support of Islamic State. |
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