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| FBI arrests man allegedly plotting to bomb Colorado synagogue | FBI arrests man allegedly plotting to bomb Colorado synagogue |
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| Richard Holzer was arrested Friday after undercover agents brought him supposed explosives | Richard Holzer was arrested Friday after undercover agents brought him supposed explosives |
| The FBI says it has arrested a man in a plot to bomb a historic synagogue in the state of Colorado. The co-conspirators turned out to be undercover agents. | The FBI says it has arrested a man in a plot to bomb a historic synagogue in the state of Colorado. The co-conspirators turned out to be undercover agents. |
| Court documents say Richard Holzer was arrested Friday in the city of Pueblo just after the agents brought him what were supposedly two pipe bombs along with dynamite to blow up Temple Emanuel. | Court documents say Richard Holzer was arrested Friday in the city of Pueblo just after the agents brought him what were supposedly two pipe bombs along with dynamite to blow up Temple Emanuel. |
| The agents said Holzer described the explosives as “absolutely gorgeous” and said they should go ahead with the attack overnight to avoid police. | The agents said Holzer described the explosives as “absolutely gorgeous” and said they should go ahead with the attack overnight to avoid police. |
| The investigation into Holzer began after an undercover FBI agent purporting to be a woman who supports white supremacy contacted him on Facebook. | The investigation into Holzer began after an undercover FBI agent purporting to be a woman who supports white supremacy contacted him on Facebook. |
| Holzer repeatedly espoused antisemitic and white supremacist views in his messages with the agent. “I wish the Holocaust really did happen ... they need to die,” he wrote her on Facebook, according to the court documents. | |
| Holzer told the agent he had checked out the temple property and met with her and other undercover agents at a Pueblo motel on Friday. He brought a copy of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf with him, the documents said. | |
| The agents then arrested Holzer, who waived his right to remain silent and spoke to investigators, the documents said. | |
| “He referred to the plan as ‘my mountain’ and to Jews and Synagogues as a ‘cancer’ to the community,” the document said. | |
| Holzer is due to make his first court appearance Monday. | Holzer is due to make his first court appearance Monday. |
| It’s not clear if he has a lawyer representing him. | It’s not clear if he has a lawyer representing him. |
| More details soon … | More details soon … |