FBI arrests Florida man suspected of planning attack on New York Stock Exchange

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CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged in connection with a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange this week, the FBI said.

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

The FBI began investigating Yener in February based on a tip that he was storing “bomb-making schematics” in a storage facility. They found bomb-making sketches, many watches with timers, electronic circuit boards and other electronics that the FBI said could be used to build explosives. According to the FBI, he had also searched online since 2017 for matters related to bomb making.

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

Yener made his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon and will be held while he awaits trial.

The news was first reported by the website CourtWatch.

Calls to phone numbers listed in public records for Harun Abdul-Malik Yener went unanswered and an attorney was not listed in the court filings.

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