Four arrested for allegedly plotting New Year's Eve terror attacks near LA, say officials

"The four suspects were arrested Friday in the Mojave Desert east of Los Angeles as they were rehearsing their plot, Bill Essayli, first assistant US attorney, said during a news conference. Officials showed reporters surveillance aerial footage of the suspects moving a large black object in the desert to a table. Officials said they were able to make the arrests before the suspects assembled a functional explosive device."

"Officials did not describe a motive but said they are members of an offshoot of a pro-Palestinian group dubbed the Turtle Island Liberation Front. The group calls for the working class to rise up and fight back against capitalism, according to the criminal complaint. The charges against each suspect include conspiracy and possession of a destructive device. Essayli said additional charges were expected in coming weeks."

"Essayli said Carroll last month created a detailed plan to bomb five or more business locations across Southern California on New Year's Eve. He declined to name the companies but described them as Amazon-type logistical centers. Carroll's bomb plot was explicit, Essayli said. It included step-by-step instructions to build IEDs and listed multiple targets across Orange county and Los Angeles."

Federal authorities foiled a plot to bomb multiple sites of two U.S. companies in Southern California planned for New Year's Eve and arrested four suspects rehearsing the attack in the Mojave Desert. Surveillance footage captured the suspects moving a large black object to a table, and officials said arrests occurred before a functional explosive device was assembled. The four suspects are from the Los Angeles area and were identified as members of an offshoot of the Turtle Island Liberation Front, a pro-Palestinian group that calls for working-class uprising against capitalism. Charges include conspiracy and possession of a destructive device, with additional charges expected as investigators examine detailed IED plans targeting multiple logistics centers.

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