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New York: Charged for having placed explosives on the metro tracks
Michael Gann, 55, had placed at least seven explosive devices, especially on the tracks of the Williamsburg bridge and the roofs of residential buildings in Manhattan.
A 55 -year -old man was charged Tuesday for having placed at least seven improvised explosive devices in different areas of the city of New York, especially on metro tracks.
AFPA 55 -year -old man was charged Tuesday for having placed at least seven improvised explosive devices in different areas of the city of New York, notably on the metro tracks of the Williamsburg bridge and on the residential buildings of Manhattan.
Michael Gann, an Inwood resident, ordered chemical precursors online, who can be combined to create an explosive mixture, and made seven improvised explosive devices, according to the accusation act revealed by the United States prosecutor’s office for the South New York State District.
The federal authorities accuse him of having launched three artisanal explosive devices from the Williamsburg bridge, crossing point between Manhattan and Brooklyn, one of which would have landed on the metro tracks and two others in the East River.
Arrested on June 5, Gann is accused of attempting to destroy property by means of explosives, transporting explosive matters and illegal possession of destruction machines.
One of the devices deposited on the roof of a building in the Soho district “contained about 30 grams of explosive powder, or about 600 times the legal limit for the mainstream fireworks”.
The authorities did not communicate on his possible motivations but in a message posted at the end of March on X, in the midst context of tensions related to anti-migrant demonstrations in New York, Michael Gann was addressed to the American president to deplore the absence of a wall on the border and suggested, alarmingly, the idea of bombing the city in the face of what he described as an incessant arrival of migrants.
Before his arrest, he carried out a lot of research on the Internet concerning explosives and firearms. “Who wants me to go out to play as if there was no tomorrow?”, He wrote on his Instagram account a few hours before being challenged in Soho with an explosive device on him, according to the indictment.
If he is found guilty of the three counts held against him, Mr. Gann faces a maximum sentence of 40 years’ imprisonment.
(afp)