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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Iranian-American Man Pleads Guilty to Texas School Bombing Plan

2022-12-10

[Breitbart] A naturalized U.S. citizen born in Iran planned to blow up a school in Amarillo, Texas, federal authorities revealed this week. At the time of his arrest, the man had several explosive devices and a suicide vest in his possession.

The question is whether he is an Iranian agent, a generic Muslim jihadi, or just plain nuts.

This week, 33-year-old Erfan Salmanzadeh went before a U.S. district judge in Texas where he pleaded guilty to the use and the attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, the U.S. Attorney’s Office revealed. Salmanzadeh’s sentencing has been set for a later date and faces a possible life term in prison. Federal prosecutors revealed that while he was born in Iran, Erfan is a naturalized citizen.

The case began on July 26, 2021, when the Amarillo Police and Fire Departments responded to a house in connection to a loud explosion, a criminal complaint filed by the FBI revealed. Local police met with Salmanzadeh’s father at the house. When Erfan found out that police were at the house, he flushed down the toilet a gallon jar of homemade explosives in powder form. He also tried to dispose of other explosives, a nail bomb, a PVC bomb, and a suicide vest.

He’s thorough, at any rate

During questioning, Erfan told authorities that he manufactured the explosives by buying readily available chemicals and was testing mixtures by trying to blow up his Xbox video game console in the backyard.

According to plea agreement documents, Erfan recorded a video claiming that he wanted to blow up a local high school. Other videos obtained by authorities showed the man testing explosives. They also found journals with bomb-making instructions.

According to prosecutors, Erfan planned to fly to California on July 28, 2021, to avoid detection by law enforcement after a bombing.

According to CW Houston 39, the homemade powdered explosive was triacetone triperoxide, known around here as TATP or Mother of Satan because it happily goes kaboom without prompting. The wonder is that he didn’t blow up the toilet when he poured it down there, taking the rest of the house with it.

Posted by:Skidmark

#5 tw, maybe his pronouns are "they", so he always refers to himself in the plural.
Or maybe he has multiple personality disorder.
Or he refers to himself using the royal we.
Lots of possibilities.

Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2022-12-10 14:47

#4 According to PJ Media, the lad had been a student at the school in question:

“We are going to blast the school,” Salmanzadeh, a Tascosa High School graduate, declared. What did he mean by “we”? The police have not said anything about that, and there is no hint in the available reports as to who his accomplices were, or if he even really had any.

Posted by: trailing wife 2022-12-10 11:47

#3 Sadly this didn't KABOOM on him prematurely.

Posted by: Too Old To Work 2022-12-10 11:15

#2 Not a right-wing, Trumpian extremist, you say?

Posted by: Bobby 2022-12-10 10:53

#1 Have him serve 200+ (number if students) sentences contiguously. That'll keep his a$$ in Prison for 500 + years, given the 80/20 served to qualify for parole

Posted by: NN2N1 2022-12-10 05:43

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