The FBI announced Wednesday that it foiled a planned attack on the White House UFC event held Sunday as part of the US's 250th anniversary celebrations, arresting five suspects. The plot reportedly involved small drones carrying explosives that were to detonate over the northern side of the arena, followed by sniper fire targeting senior officials. The FBI learned of the conspiracy on June 10, four days before the event.
The FBI disclosed Wednesday that it thwarted a sophisticated multi-stage attack on the White House's UFC event held Sunday as part of America's 250th anniversary celebrations. Five suspects were arrested — residents of various US states who communicated via Signal — after the FBI learned of the conspiracy on June 10, just four days before the event. The alleged plan involved small explosive-laden drones that were to detonate over the northern side of the arena, followed by sniper fire directed at senior officials who had been pre-identified as targets.
This disclosure is the latest in a thread that began Tuesday 14:07 Jerusalem, when The Zioneer first reported the FBI's confirmation of the foiled plot. By 14:07, details had emerged of explosive drones, snipers, and a second-wave ground assault targeting the White House gates, with five arrests and over 20 suspects identified in encrypted chats. Later that day at 23:55 Jerusalem, it was reported that a mother in Ohio had tipped off the FBI about her 19-year-old son, a key break that unraveled the conspiracy. By Wednesday morning, the indictment revealed that a suspect had used data from the TrackAIPAC platform to compile a congressional hit list, targeting Senator Marsha Blackburn and sharing images of four other lawmakers in a Signal group chat.
As The Zioneer reported on Wednesday, the FBI stated that special agents worked 'around the clock' in the days leading up to the event. President Donald Trump, asked about the foiled plot at the G7 meeting, said he was unaware of it. A separate report from Wednesday linked the suspects to plans to also target Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Background context from The Zioneer's published record shows that the FBI has been active in other recent cases involving pro-Palestinian threats and harassment campaigns targeting Jews and Israel supporters in the United States.
It remains unclear whether any additional suspects beyond the five arrested and the 23 identified in the broader network have been taken into custody. The specific identities and roles of all suspects within the alleged multi-stage plan have not been fully detailed by the FBI, and the extent to which external actors may have been involved in directing or supporting the plot has not been disclosed.
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