FBI arrests man accused of plotting attack on New York Stock Exchange

The facade of the New York Stock Exchange, on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, in New York.

In the US, the FBI arrested a man accused of planning an attack on the New York Stock Exchange. Sketches were found for making bombs, clocks with timers, electronic circuit boards and other components.

A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and accused of planning a bomb attack on the New York Stock Exchange this week, according to the FBI.

Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, of Coral Springs, Florida, was charged with attempting to use an explosive device to damage or destroy a building used in interstate commerce.

The FBI began investigating Yener in February based on a tip that he had “bomb-making schemes” in a storage unit. Sketches for making bombs, many clocks with timers, electronic circuit boards and other components that could be used to build explosive devices were found, according to the FBI. He had also searched the internet for things related to bomb-making since 2017, according to the FBI.

Yener also told undercover FBI agents that he wanted to detonate the bomb the week before Thanksgiving and that the stock exchange in Lower Manhattan would be a popular target.

Yener had his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon and will be detained while awaiting trial.

The news was first reported by the website CourtWatch.

Calls to phone numbers listed for Harun Abdul-Malik Yener in public records were not returned and an attorney was not listed in court records.