Ohio man Christopher Lee Cornell arrested for plotting jihadist attack on Capitol

A 20-year-man from Cincinnati, Ohio was arrested Wednesday for allegedly plotting an attack on the Capitol.

Christopher Lee Cornell was charged with attempting to kill a U.S. government official after using the alias Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah on Twitter to pledge support for extremist group Islamic State.

Last August, Cornell told an FBI informant in an online message that he wanted to launch a jihadist attack. The two met up in October and November, and Cornell also showed the informant his research into making bombs. According to the informant, Cornell had been saving money to purchase firearms and travel to Washington DC.

Cornell planned to attack the Capitol building using pipe bombs and then open fire on officials, lawmakers and assistants as they tried to escape.

On Wednesday, Cornell bought two semi-automatic rifles and 600 rounds of ammunition from a store in Cincinnati. He was arrested after stepping out of the store.

In an interview with broadcaster WKRC, Cornell’s father described him as a ‘mama’s boy’ and said he only converted to Islam a few months earlier.

----------------------------------------­---------------------

Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off.

For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS

Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-WqkTyKK1_70U4bb4k4lQ?sub_confirmation=1

Visit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: http://us.tomonews.net
Check out our Android app: http://bit.ly/1rddhCj
Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f

Stay connected with us here:
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS
Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS
Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/
Instagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus