ISIS-Inspired Man Plotted Truck Attack at Maryland ’s National Harbor

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) — Federal prosecutors say a man inspired by the Islamic State group stole a U-Haul truck with plans to drive it into a crowd at National Harbor, the popular dining and entertainment hang out just outside of Washington, D.C. The allegation was made in a court filing Monday as prosecutors in Maryland urged a judge to keep the defendant, Rondell Henry, 28, detained on a charge of driving a stolen vehicle across state lines. Authorities say Henry admitted that he wanted to create "panic and chaos" and that his plans for a truck attack were modeled after a deadly attack in Nice, France in July 2016.. Prosecutors say Henry told officers he was "just going to keep driving and driving and driving" and didn't plan on stopping. "For two years, the defendant has harbored 'hatred' (in his words) for 'disbelievers' who do not practice the Muslim faith," prosecutors wrote in a motion for detention filed on Monday. "Seeking out and watching videos of foreign terrorists beheading civilians and fighting overseas, the defendant considered these gruesome actions brave and wanted to emulate them." Prosecutors said in a filing Monday that Henry walked off his computer engineering job on March 26 in the middle of the day "determined to walk down the extremist path." They said he recognized his four-door sedan would not "cause the catastrophic damage that he desired," so he drove around the D.C. area looking for a larg...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Major Incidents News Terrorism & Active Shooter Mass Casualty Incidents Source Type: news