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Teen Arrested for Planning Neo-Nazi Mass Shooting on Synagogue Anniversary

  • A 19-year-old Michigan man named Seann Pietila was arrested by the FBI for threatening to carry out a mass shooting at a synagogue.
  • Pietila frequently posted anti-semitic and neo-Nazi messages on social media, praising past mass shooters and threatening violence against Jews.
  • Pietila planned to attack a synagogue in East Lansing, Michigan on the anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks using guns, explosives and molotov cocktails.
  • The FBI found a cache of weapons including assault rifles, a shotgun, ammunition, a Nazi flag and manuals at Pietila's home.
  • Pietila faces up to five years in federal prison if convicted of transmitting threats to injure others.
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