CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -
Five men who were just arrested for plotting to blow up a bridge in Cleveland planned to move on and cause trouble at the NATO summit in Chicago.
FBI agent said that the suspects, who describe themselves as anarchists, planned to blow up a major bridge over the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Tuesday.
They were going to then come to Chicago, prepared with body armor, helmets and gas masks - because quote "things were going to get crazy."
They said that anarchists would leave Cleveland a quote "pile of rubble and ashes" then do more damage in Chicago.
FBI agents in Chicago told FOX Chicago News that the men posed no credible threat to our city, and that they had no connection between the suspects and Chicago. They say there were no phone calls to Chicago, and no indication they travelled here.
But agents say the men had damage on their minds.
"The individuals explored the illegal purchase of explosives as well as the concept of using pre-cursor chemicals and internet knowledge to make homemade explosives," FBI special agent in charge Stephen D. Anthony said. "They ultimately negotiated with FBI undercover agents and purchased two inert, I say inert, improvised explosive devices, IEDs, which were presented as C-4 based remote activated IED's."
The anarchists also wanted to knock over bank signs on top of Cleveland's skyscrapers.
The five suspects were arrested Monday night, and were in court on Tuesday.
