Posted on 11/11/2023 1:00:08 PM PST by devane617
A Panama City man placed an explosive-filled backpack near the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C. and then attempted to set it off with a rifle, according to federal authorities.
Christopher Rodriguez is charged by the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms with damaging property occupied by a foreign government, possession of explosive materials during the commission of a federal felony, malicious use of explosive materials, and possession of an unregistered firearm.
An ATF agent wrote in an arrest warrant that Rodriguez placed 15 pounds of a binary explosive mixture in a backpack and left it near the back wall and fence of the People’s Republic of China Embassy in the early morning hours of Sept. 25. He then went to a nearby gravel pit and attempted to shoot the backpack with a rifle causing the explosion, investigators wrote.
However, Rodriguez was not able to hit the target and no explosion occurred.
(Excerpt) Read more at mypanhandle.com ...
https://www.google.ca/maps/search/chinese+embassy+washington+dc/@38.9424195,-77.0669565,266m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu
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“He then went to a nearby gravel pit...”
Really? The Chinese embassy in DC is next to a gravel pit? Is that what the call the International Park to the southeast?
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