A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly wanting to attack Jews and customers of an LGBT bar.
Conor Climo was arrested by FBI agents for acquiring parts to make a bomb after communicating with white supremacists through encrypted online conversations.
According to NBC News, when Mr Climo was questioned after arrest he told agents that he had acquired electronic components to build a bomb and that he wanted to assemble an eight-man sniper platoon to shoot Jewish people, either at a Las Vegas synagogue or a different location.
According to charging documents, bomb-making components and chemical compounds were found in Mr Climo’s bedroom.
Federal agents said they also seized an assault rifle.
Prosecutors said in their statement that Mr Climo had communicated with people who “identified with” the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group.
Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen tweeted that she was “grateful that our law enforcement was able to act quickly and prevent this from becoming a tragedy.”
