Florida man plotted to carry out 9/11 memorial bombing

September 11, 2015 09:05

A 20-year-old Florida man is in custody after allegedly plotting to help carry out a terror attack during a September 11 memorial in Kansas City, his weekend.

Joshua Goldberg, of Orange Park, was arrested after federal authorities say he instructed an undercover officer on how to create and detonate a pressure-cooker bomb during the city's Memorial Stair Climb on Sunday.

The explosive would have contained nails and metal shrapnel dipped in rat poison, a chemical which would help ensure the victims bleed out due to its use as a blood thinner, federal authorities said.

The Jacksonville-area resident was tracked down through his internet communications. It was there authorities say he claimed to have motivated two gunmen into storming a Muhammad cartoon convention in Garland, Texas in June. That attack left two people dead.

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