Soldier Arrested For Sharing Bomb-Making Instructions

September 23, 2019 5:40 pm

WASHINGTON (AP) – Prosecutors say a U.S. Army soldier shared bomb-making instructions online and also discussed killing activists and bombing a news network.  The Justice Department says  Monday that Jarrett William Smith was charged with distributing information related to explosives and weapons of mass destruction. The 24-year-old was stationed at Fort Riley in Kansas.  Prosecutors say Smith discussed his plan to kill far-left-leaning “antifa” activists and described how to build a bomb that could be triggered by calling a cell phone. They say he also said on  Facebook that he was interested in traveling to Ukraine to fight with a paramilitary group known as Azov Batallion.  Court papers say Smith also suggested targeting a major news network with a car bomb. The news network was not identified.