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Neo-Nazi killings and bomb plot
[link:http://www.tampabay.com/news/nation/killings-put-spotlight-on-possible-neo-nazi-threat/2334756|
Four roommates in Florida joined Atomwaffen, a neo-Nazi group with only a few dozen members. Two are now dead, the other two in prison.
Inside the apartment the men shared, authorities said they found guns, ammunition and bomb-making material, along with a framed picture of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh on a bedroom dresser.
After his arrest in May on murder charges, Devon Arthurs, the group's 18-year-old co-founder, told police detectives that he killed his roommates to thwart a terrorist attack by Atomwaffen, which is German for "atomic weapon."
"I prevented the deaths of a lot of people," Arthurs said in a rambling statement. Asked why his roommates would plan such an attack, he responded, "Because they want to build a Fourth Reich."
After his arrest in May on murder charges, Devon Arthurs, the group's 18-year-old co-founder, told police detectives that he killed his roommates to thwart a terrorist attack by Atomwaffen, which is German for "atomic weapon."
"I prevented the deaths of a lot of people," Arthurs said in a rambling statement. Asked why his roommates would plan such an attack, he responded, "Because they want to build a Fourth Reich."
The one who killed them to stop their terror attack was a convert to an extreme version of Islam. Apparently, going from Nazi to jihadi is not that uncommon.
[link:http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/sharing-extreme-views-neo-nazis-sometimes-convert-to-radical-islam/2324915
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